ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the livelihoods diversification and adaptation constraints as a result of climate variability in Bahi District, central Tanzania which increases vulnerability of the small-scale rice farming. Specifically, the study focused on the climate variability, associated with farm-income variability, which is recognized as one of the main drivers of livelihood diversification strategies in developing countries. As such, analysing determinants of liveli...
ABSTRACT Informal microfinance is one of the veritable sources of venture finance in developing countries. While informal microfinance such as rotating savings and credit associations, and cooperative associations have received significant scholarly attention, limited research has been conducted on the features that sustain Indigenous Usury System (IUS) in Nigeria. The IUS provides informal credit to small scale businesses and low income earners at prohibitively high interest rates that have ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the factors leading to sexual violence for primary school student in Zanzibar Urban West Region. The objective of this study is to identify the factors leading to sexual violence for primary school student in Zanzibar, assess the status of sexual violence for primary school students in Zanzibar, evaluate the strength of strategies on reducing sexual violence for primary school student in Zanzibar and access the community awareness on reducing sexual viole...
ABSTRACT The researcher focused on factors affecting the sustainability of water supply projects in Tanzania, specifically in Kwimba District. It was guided by three specific objectives which are: to assess community participation on the management of water supply project, to examine the awareness and willingness of community members to contribute on the operational and maintenance costs and to evaluate the community members possessing water supply and management skills in the study area. Th...
ABSTRACT This study, aimed at examining the contribution of the informal sector to youth poverty reduction. By analyzing the contribution provided by the youth as well as other stakeholders and the government, the study also intended to assess the trading situations of small scale trade which could influence and hence impact the level of youth participation as well as their contribution in the informal sector. The study was conducted at Mbugani and Mirongo Ward of the Nyamagana district in M...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out in Musoma Urban at Airtel Tanzania. This study was designed to find out the effectiveness of promotion activities towards sales revenue in telecommunication industry taking Airtel Tanzania Limited as a case study. It describes the relationship between promotion activities and sales volume of Airtel Tanzania Limited. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods through questionnaire and semi structured interviews. A simple random sampling design ...
ABSTRACT This dissertation reports the findings of the evaluation of the effect of public debt on economic growth in Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study were two: to find out the effect of external debt on the economic growth of Tanzania and determine the effect of domestic debt on the economic growth of Tanzania. References were drawn from the external debt components, namely multilateral debts and external debt, and domestic debt documents reviewed were treasury bills and govern...
ABSTRACT This study was set out to examine the influence of owner- manager’s competences on the performance of small restaurant businesses in urban Tanzania since there are patchy empirical evidences on the same. To achieve this, criterion and simple random sampling techniques were employed to obtain a sample of three hundred, ninety two (392) small restaurant businesses from the list of all licensed small restaurants in Ilala and Dodoma district. Information was collected from owner-manage...
ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the functionality of public health service facilities at the local levels in Temeke municipality, Dar es Salaam. The main objective of the study was to assess the profundity functionality of public health service facilities in the contextual settings of Local Government Authorities in Tanzania, using the Temeke Municipality as a case study. Thus, the study attempted to examine usefulness and ability of the local public health facilities in provision of he...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine the localization of Millennium Development Goals in Tanzania: A case of Mbola Millennium Village Project in Uyui District.The objective of the study was to determine the role and contribution of Millennium Village Project, on the reduction of poverty in rural context of Tanzania. The literature review of the study was guided by theoretical literature review (modernization and dependency theories), empirical literature review, and conceptual framewo...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study, was to examine challenges in the management of primary education funds, in public primary schools in Tanzania, Ilemela Municipality as a case study. The study, sought to understand Government guidelines on the management of primary schools funds in Tanzania, to determine the awareness of Government guidelines on the management of primary schools funds, among primary school head teachers to find out the role of public primary school committees in the manage...
ABSTRACT This research aimed at analyzing contribution of Secondary Education Development Program (SEDP) on the quality community secondary education through teaching and learning environment in Dodoma wards secondary schools of Dodoma municipality. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the sources of funds for the schools to purchase facilities. The study used a cross sectional design with a case study that aimed at getting in depth data and study the SEDP once irrespective...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the preparedness from flood disasters due to climate change and variability in Kyela district. Basically this study sought to; i) examine the link between climate change and variability and the occurrence of floods, ii) assess the impact of floods on socio-economic activities, iii) asses the level of preparedness in addressing flood disasters due to climate change and variability, iv) examine the challenges faced by the local community to engage in flood disast...
ABSTRACT The study on effectiveness of motivation on quality service delivery among health workers was undertaken in Makete District Hospital (MDH). According to URT, (2017), Tanzania has reasonable number of staff who are motivated, trained and developed on the competencies or skills that they lack so that they perform better. However, the quality of health service delivery is still poor. Despite this fact, it is not established yet as to why some officials continue to offer services of low...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed to assess the local government response against HIV/AIDS spread and towards prevention to Youth in Dodoma Municipality. From the data given by (Ministry of Health Tanzania mainland HIV/AIDS/STI report 2010). It shows that Dodoma Municipal is leading with 3.2 percent of the infection rate in Dodoma region. For the purpose of obtaining sufficient data the specific objectives included: to assess the local government efforts against HIV/AIDS spread and towards preve...