ABSTRACT This study aimed at analyzing the mediating effects of access to credits on the relationship between individual factors and the profitability of SMEs in Tanzania. The study used cross sectional design as the methodological approaches of which quantitative and qualitative approaches were combined. In the analysis, the study used logistic regression model and structural equation modelling because of the nature of the relationship analyzed. This study has identified problems related to...
ABSTRACT There has been an increasing clamour for scraping of the Local Governments since they have failed in their duties as means of bringing development to the rural areas. As a result of negligence on the part of the local government in developing the community, the local people have resorted to self-help development. The study examined whether age-grades have fostered development in Nkanu East Local Government Area or whether lack of funds hinders them from contributing effectively to r...
ABSTRACT This study is aimed to examine the Effectiveness of Managerial Strategies in against the Employee Turnover in Education Sector: The case of Selected Public Primary and Secondary Schools in Makambako Town Council. The study adopted, the survey design, which is broadly qualitative in nature. Survey/Questionnaire and Interview/guide are methods and tools, which have been used to collect data from informants. The study involved 64 respondents namely teachers, school heads and ward educ...
ABSTRACT This study explores the Commission for Mediation and Arbitration Efficiency towards Disputes Solving in Tanzania, Dodoma Municipality in particular. It attempts to examine the CMA which has encountered a number of challenges, such challenges as budgetary crisis /lack of funding to accomplish the CMA activities and documentation problem are some of the notable problems facing CMA. The study used a sample of 40 respondents and its methodology employed questionnaires, interviews observ...
ABSTRACT This research is about local people‟s participation in tourism development: a case of Idodi ward in Iringa Rural District. It was guided by three specific objectives which are: to examine the factors influencing local people‟s participation in tourism development in the area, to assess the extent of local people‟s participation in the tourism development decision-making process and to examine the contribution of Ruaha National Park on poverty reduction in the study area. A sam...
ABSTRACT The importance of the manufacturing sector in the economic growth cannot be overemphasized. This has led to interests in the determinants of its performance over the years. This study therefore, investigated the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the performance of the manufacturing sector in Nigeria as well as the causal relationship between foreign direct investment and manufacturing capacity utilisation (MCU) from 1970-2012 under the framework of VAR. The result of...
ABSTRACT The government is struggling to ensure that, taxpayers are not evading taxes and pay what really represents their operations. In an attempt to do that, it has introduced a new technology and has required taxpayers to pay their taxes using the technology. On the other hand, there has been reported strikes and reluctance on the side of taxpayers to adopt the system. Many reasons have been advanced on this reluctance, such as not being able economically, complexity of the technology, ...
ABSTRACT This study examines the factors contributing to the failure of modern marriage in Mbinga district (Tanzania) as a case study. The objective of the study was to understand the main factors contributing to the failure of modern marriage especially social-cultural, economic, technological and political factors. The study employed a descriptive case study and exploratory research design, and deployed mixed method approach for triangulation purposes of data collection, presentation and a...
ABSTRACT This study is about an Assessment of the Effectiveness of Ward Community Police on crime prevention in Tanzania. This was necessitated by an increased fear of crime, social and physical disorder, neighborhood decay within the community, therefore, the police had to change into new strategy known as community policing. Data were collected through structured and unstructured questionnaire, observation, documentary review and questionnaire. These were analysed using Scientific Package ...
Abstract The study is a comparative study and sets out to investigate the nexus between political leadership and electoral stability in Ghana and Nigeria between 1999 and 2011. We interrogated the connect between the corrupt character of the political leadership in Nigeria and the viability of electoral institutions in Nigeria and Ghana; we examined how the failure of Nigeria’s political leadership to evolve strong electoral institution engendered electoral instability in Nigeria relative ...
Abstract This study examined the role of cumulative trauma and meaning in life on psychological wellbeing of adolescent orphans in Western Nigeria. Participants were 696 adolescent orphans (284 = males, 413 = females) who were selected from eighteen (18) orphanages in Lagos, Oyo and Ondo States, using cluster sampling technique. The average respondent age was 15.24 (SD = 2.09, ranging from 12 to 18 years). They completed the Yoruba and English versions of the Cumulative Trauma Scale-short ver...
ABSTRACT This study is on integrated strategies of crime control in contemporary Nigeria with Onitsha South Local Government Area of Anambra state as its study Area. It is prompted by the need to findout not just what the residents of the Local Government Area perceive the integrated strategies to be but what on how they effective perceive them to be. The findings of five indepth interview with the officials of the 5 key agents and institutions of crime control was triangulated with the resp...
ABSTRACT The paper examines NEPAD and poverty eradication programme in Nigeria. The programme is rolled-out to reduce the harsh economic effect of poverty in Nigeria. To be a benefactor of this programme, eligibility to its fund is predicated upon having undergone any of the skill training programmes as defines by the objective of NEPAD. Particularly, the paper interrogates whether NEPAD has achieved poverty eradication in Nigeria through skill acquisition programme. Also, the paper ascertai...
Abstract This study examined the contributions of work engagement and work-life balance in productive work behaviour among 250 commercial bank employees. The participants composed of 148 (59.2%) males and 102 (40.8%) females who completed self-report measures of work engagement and work-life balance. Productive work behaviour was based on the FBN productivity scorecards of the participants. Ex post facto design was adopted. The data was analysed with hierarchical multiple regression. Two hyp...
Abstract: This study examined the influence of government budget deficit on economic performance in Nigeria. The study captures government budget deficit with budget deficit ratio (Bdr) and economic performance with real domestic product (RGDP). Budget deficit ratio measures the ratio of Nigeria’s national debt to its gross domestic product while real GDP measures the value of economic output adjusted for price changes. To estimates the influence of government budget deficit on economic pe...