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...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of the packaging of a product on sales performance. Packaging of a product is a category which is seen obvious by the consumers and therefore it can directly affect the decision making of the consumers toward the product just as soon as they get eye contact with the product. Since the packaging of a product has effect on the consumers‟ decision making on buying, then the managers must think critically on how to make the packaging of t...
ABSTRACT Climate change has threatened agriculture production, food security and nutrition in many parts of the world. Rising of temperature and increase in drought are projected to decrease agricultural productionhence food insecurity. Indigenous people who depend much on natural resources are most vulnerable tofood insecurity. Hadza community in Tanzania depends on wild food as their main source of food. There is increasing acceptance that, the current climate change may affect the quantit...
ABSTRACT Recently employee training has become more important to organizations which seek higher performance since there is competition among organizations. The employee training has shown major significance in performance improvement. This study was conducted to assess the training in local government,specifically at Kwimba District Council in Mwanza Region. The sampling techniques employed were simple random sampling and purposive sampling. Simple random sampling was used to obtain respond...
ABSTRACT This study was assessing the effectiveness of the Complaints Desk in Public Sector. It based at looking the awareness of the general public and challenges of using Complaint desk to handle complains of the services users. The study was conducted in Dar es salaam and used a sample of 150 respondents including 45 public officials and 105 citizens. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The data were presented by using descriptive statistics mainly ...
ABSTRACT Assessment of provision of health services in government hospitals is a study that was conducted at Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital as a study case, and it was mainly focused on assessing various aspects associated with the general provision of health services and the way clients of such services perceived. Perceptions of health service providers about non-salary incentives they receive from the government and managerial capacity in ensuring the provision of reliable health servic...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the influence of development partners on democratization process in Zanzibar, it aimed at finding out in which stage of election the development partners intervene, scrutinizing the influence of development partner‟s intervention to the democratization process in Zanzibar, and proposing the measure that could be taken to improve democracy without the development partners. The study used the case study type of research in order to collect detailed information ab...
ABSTRACT This research aimed at investigating the impacts of centralized recruitment system on staff retention and service delivery. The specific objectives of this study were to assess the modus operandi of the system, the factors for the shift from decentralized to centralized and the effects of the centralized system. In order to study problem, triangulation of research design was made. In which both the case study and cross sectional design were used. The study used a sample of 50 respon...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the contribution of ward school management committees to students‟ academic performance. It is a sort of case study carried out in Dodoma Municipality. A special attention was made to assess an overview, relationship and factors influenced ward school committees to academic performance The study was a descriptive designed and a sample of 100 respondents was used and these were obtained from Dodoma Municipality. The methods used in data collection were ...