ABSTRACT This research is to examine the role of financial intermediation in promoting the growth and development of Micro Small and Medium Scale Entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The primary data was collected through structured questionnaires containing both closed and open ended questions. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentages, and tables. The findings show that most of the respondents agreed with the fact that, they did not received a lot of suppor...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between international trade flows and employment in Nigeria for the period 1981 to 2006. Using time series estimation technique, we found no significant link between trade flows and employment in Nigeria both in the short-run and longrun. However, external factors such as FDI, real effective exchange rate, SAP and internal factors such as political stability, labour regulation and real wage are more important factors in explaining employm...
ABSTRACT The economy of Nigeria has a strong external orientation. It is characterized by heavy dependence on the export of one or a few product. The products find markets in the developed countries where ironically there is a small control over the prices of the exports. As a result of this, the Nigerian economy is vulnerable to external shock. This calls for effective tools for managing the external sector. The main focus of this study has been to evaluate the effectiveness a...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the Impact of local Political leadership on the utilization of local government revenue in Tanzania, with special focus on Iringa Municipal Council. The study examines the problems encountered in local leadership and utilization such as; transparency and lack of accountability of the local political leaders, ineffective financial controlling measures, misappropriation, and embezzlement of local government funds. The research is a survey research while a simpl...
ABSTRACT This study is based on assessing the roles of TUICO on improving employees working conditions and the effectiveness of TUICO on improving employees working conditions and identifying strategies employed by TUICO on improving employees working conditions. A sample size of 67 respondents was employed and cross sectional survey was employed with a combination of data collection techniques including questionnaires, interviews and SPSS was used for management of data and analysis. The fi...
ABSTRACT The research has aimed at examining the Leadership Accountability in service delivery and the selected health service. The main objective was to investigate the Leadership Accountability and the delivery of health service. Specific objectives were to examine the role of the leaders on health service provision in Songea district, examining the influence of Leadership Accountability in improving health service provision, and to identify the factors and challenges affecting the effecti...
ABSTRACT Tanzania rural entrepreneurship is facing a number of challenges such as limited access to capital, market, entrepreneurship skills and technology. Understanding the importance of assessing donors projects and to ascertain their contribution on rural entrepreneurship, this study examined the USAID funded Living Project implemented by CARE International in Mvomero district, Morogoro region from January 2007 to December 2009. The objective was to assess the projects‘ contribution to...
ABSTRACT This study had an aim at assessing the impact of employee’s incentive system on the performance of DUWASA. The study specifically addressed three objectives, namely; perceptions of the employees regarding incentives system used by DUWASA, an effect of incentive used on the performance of DUWASA and challenges facing DUWASA, in operationalizing incentive to its employees. This study employed a holistic descriptive case study design, where data were collected from employee responden...
ABSTRACT This study entitled “Factors Influencing Youths Unemployment in Dodoma Urban District Tanzania. Three Wards of Makole, Chamwino and Kikuyu with their street were selected. Data were collected using questionnaires and interviews. Seventy eight (78) respondents were involved in the study. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software version 16 and other qualitative technique. Findings from this study have revealed that, (100%) of respondents wer...
ABSTRACT The study generally assesses benefits accruing to an organization for motivating employees, evaluates the relationship between motivation and productivity as well as identifying effective and efficient ways for motivating employees. The study has used Cross-sectional research design. A sample of 75 respondents was drawn from Mufindi District Council. The study used both probability and non-probability sampling procedures. Data analysis was based on descriptive statistics using Stati...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to assess the contribution of Gmelina arborea tree species on combating deforestation in four villages of Rwinga ward, Namtumbo District. The study was conducted in Minazini, Rwinga, Mandepwende and Migelegele villages. The study was guided by three objectives which are; to assess the perception of farmers about planting Gmelina arborea tree species in the study area, to assess the extent Gmelina arborea tree species has contributed to combat deforestation i...
ABSTRACT This study focused on devolution and community participation in health service delivery in Tanzania. The study had three objectives, namely to examine community participation on fiscal transfers‘ decision making under devolution system, to examine community participation in personnel or human resource management in health service delivery under devolution system; and to examine community participation on transfers of effective decision making authorities under devolution system. A...
ABSTRACT This project works looks at the “The impact of organizational reward system on workers attitude and motivation to work” Reward is designed to compensate the effort of workers to the attainment of organizational objectives. It was found that workers satisfaction with the reward system of an organization will give rise to developed positive attitude towards their job. The theoretical part of the study introduces different theories of motivation and rewarding. Emphasis is put...
ABSTRACT The study was about Human Resource Accounting and Auditing (HRA & A) for HRM in public sector. The main objectives of the study were to examine the impact of Human Resource Accounting and Auditing in Public Service Delivery in Muheza District. It intended to attain the following research objectives:- Analyzing status, examine the impact and identify the challenges of Human Resource Accounting and Auditing in Public Service Delivery in in Muheza district. In the literature review, th...
ABSTRACT The study had aimed to assess the contribution of onions (Allium cepa) production to households‟ income of smallholder farmers at Kilolo District Tanzania. It specifically focused on mapping actors involved in onions production, determined levels of smallholder farmers‟ productivity, households‟ income generated from onions productions and analyzed the contribution of onions activities in improving social and economic status. A cross sectional research design was adopted; a sa...