ABSTRACT Revenue collection is an effective way in which governments can develop their economies. However, many developing countries like Namibia face challenges in their revenue collection. The Namibian government loses millions of dollars through fraud and errors related to the manual revenue collection system. This study was conducted with the purpose of ascertaining the effectiveness of the introduced automated revenue collection system in Etosha National Park, Namibia. A Descriptive Rese...
Abstract A quantitative survey study was conducted in the Namibian Police to investigate the implementation of the 2011 - 2014 strategic plan. The study was motivated by the absence of a new strategic plan. At the end of the strategic plan cycle, no evaluation was conducted and no new strategic plan was crafted. To date, no report has been compiled on the achievement of the strategic plan, neither has a new strategic plan been drawn. The study focused on the effectiveness, the challenges enco...
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 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 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 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 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...
ABSTRACT Technological Advancement has over the last decade drastically changed the way of doing things in many fields of human endeavour, of which the banking sector is no exception. Expectedly, a number of e-products have been developed and service delivery quality has witnessed improvements over the period. As a result, today’s bank customer can access bank accounts on his/her own, transfer funds to other accounts, make payments for bills, buy items online, print or monitor statement o...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Dodoma Municipality by assessing the effects of Women Development Fund (credit) on improving the income of women micro entrepreneurs in Tanzania. The study is intended to find out the women awareness on WDF, to find out the socio- economic activities done by women micro entrepreneurs supported by WDF, to determine the achievement of women micro entrepreneurs supported by WDF, and finally to identify the challenges faced by women micro entrepreneurs in acce...
ABSTRACT Solid waste management in urban areas in Tanzania is still a great challenge, Dodoma city is among of the urban areas which has not succeeded in management of solid wastes. There is insufficient and sustainable means of collection of wastes in households and communities. Therefore, this study examines roles played and challenges faced by community in the improvement of solid waste management. A cross section design was used to gather information from selected representative wards. P...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine the contribution of NGOs towards improving the living standards of the local communities. The study was conducted at Bwembwera Area Development Programme (ADP) in Muheza District. The research used a case study approach and collected data using interviews and documentary evidence. Participants involved in the study were ADP staff, teachers, peasants, village executive officers and health officers. The data collected were analyzed using ...
ABSTRACT This study intended to investigate on the role of ICT in improving educational management and administration in Dodoma Municipality. The main objectives of the study were to investigate on the application of ICT in data and information storage for education management, to determine secondary school teacher’s performance of ICT application in educational management and to determine the barriers that hinder secondary school teacher’s practices of the ICT in educational management....
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing factors that influence revenue collection in local government authorities. The study was conducted in 7 wards of Mbeya City namely; Ruanda, Iyunga, Ilomba, Forest, Igawilo, Sisimba and Nsalaga. The research used a case study approach and collected data using interviews, questionnaire, documentarysources and FGD. Participants involved in the study were the principal income earners in the households. The data collected were analyzed qualitatively and quant...