ABSTRACT The study tries to assess what motivates community members to participate in development projects in Temeke Municipal Council, study was conducted in three wards, Kisarawe II, Kibada and Kimbiji. Data were collected using structured and unstructured interviews, questionnaires and documentation. A total number of 75 respondents were involved in this study as a representative sample. Results indicates that majority (79%) of the respondents were aware with the perception of community p...
ABSTRACT This study intended to examine the fishing industry and its contribution, to coastal livelihoods in Chwaka village in Zanzibar. The study specially focused on assessing how far coastal community in Chwaka village are benefited from fishing industry, problems that faced them in fishing industry and what could be done to help them. The research was conducted by using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. A case study design was used for which the survey was conducted in April ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of women small-scale farmers on rural household‟s poverty reduction. Specifically, the study aimed to get a better understanding on the roles, contributions and constraints of women smallscale farming in rural areas and their implications on poverty reduction and food security at household level. The study was undertaken in Dodoma Region, Tanzania, whereby Mpwapwa District with the predominantly small-scale subsistence agric...
ABSTRACT This study examined the relevance of forensic accounting in Tanzania at the National Audit Office (NAO) in Dar es Salaam. The study sought to find out areas which forensic accounting expertise may be applied and examined the extent of the applicability of forensic accounting. Further, the study sought to determine the challenges facing account professionals in the application of forensic accounting in the country. The study employed holistic descriptive case study methodology by tak...
ABSTRACT The study on community responsibilities in supporting orphans was conducted at Chamwino District Mvumi misheni village. The study „s aim generally was to assess the community responsibilities in supporting orphans. It intended specifically to examine the systems used by the community to support orphans, and determine types of support provided to orphans by the community as well as identify the roles of the community in supporting them. It has also used a sample of 90 respondents ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the contribution of Protected Areas to the livelihoods communities adjacent to Udzungwa Mountains National Park. The study was conducted from May to July 2015, it was important to conduct this research in this area because, apart from these villages of Mang‟ula B, Mshikamano and Kanyenja being nearby to the National Park, still people living in this community are poor. Semi-structured interview, Focus Group Discussion, questionnaires and observation we...
ABSTRACT Competent and excellent supply chain management has become very important for firms to maintain its competitive power in the market and improve overall organizational performance. This study assessed the extent to which supplier relationship management impacts supply chain performance in a telecommunication industry. Supplier relationship management (SRM) plays a pivotal role in improving operational efficiency in terms of cost reduction, improved quality of products or services an...
ABSTRACT This study discuses the support of local economy to the growth of small firms in Geita district. The study examined the detailed profile of MSMEs in Geita .Also it discovered that the contribution made by SLEM to entrepreneurial helps the growth of local economy although there were the challenges encountered by MSMEs in getting information from the BDS. The study used percentages and tables as the ways of presenting data. The total of 6 clusters grouped in Agriculture and poultry, S...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the capacity of CSOs in addressing the problems of Most Vulnerable Children in Arusha municipality. Four research objectives guided the study and these included; the determination the functions of CSOs dealing with MVC in Arusha municipality, assessment of the capacity of CSOs in managing and taking care of the MVC in Arusha municipality, examination of the efficiency of the methods used by CSOs in identifying MVC in Arusha municipality, and examination of the re...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing repayment of loans to micro-finance institutions by small business customers taking as a case of PRIDE Dodoma branch. A cross-sectional survey method was adopted to carry out the study. Both primary and secondary data were collected. The study used a sample size of 110 respondents who were customers (Borrowers) and employees (loan officers and some managers) of PRIDE Dodoma branch. Focus group discussions, i...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the implementation of e-government in the Tanzanian Public Sector. It paid a specific focus on the e-recruitment in the Public Service Recruitment Secretariat. Thus, the study illuminates three key themes, namely the perception held by applicants who use e-recruitment platform managed by the Public Service Recruitment Secretariat to apply for jobs in the Public Service, the challenges facing the implementation of erecruitment in the Public Service Recruitment Sec...
ABSTRACT This study examined the factors influencing taxpayers’ voluntary compliance in Dodoma Region. The specific objectives of this were to find out the effect of cost on taxpayers ‘voluntary tax compliance, to determine the effect of the tax rate on taxpayers’ voluntary compliance, to find out the influence of the electronic tax administration system on taxpayers’ voluntary compliance, to determine the extent to which tax system promotes taxpayers’ voluntary compliance and to f...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of pyrethrum production in improving the livelihoods of small scale farmers in Mufindi district. A crosssectional design was employed in this study and it adopted a mixed approach to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Survey, interviews and documentary review methods were employed to collect information related to this study. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to obtain a sample of 80 resp...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in Tanzania. The study questioned the contribution of foreign aid on the development and recurrent expenditure as one of the source of funds, apart from net external finance and Government revenue; which most prior empirical works did not mention. The study filled this gap in literature by analyzing official development assistance, development expenditure financed by foreign aid and recurrent expenditure financed by for...
ABSTRACT Despite having Child Development Policy, the number of street children has been rapidly increasing in Tanzania cities. In Dodoma children and adolescents live and work on the streets. Many of these children are denied their basic rights like education, health care and protection from abuse and exploitation. This research assessed the effectiveness of the Child Development Policy towards protection of street children in Dodoma Municipality. The review of the literature conducted expl...