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Assessment Of The Effectiveness Of The Students Loan’s Board In Tanzania: A Case Of The University Of Dodoma And St. John’s University Of Tanzania

ABSTRACT Student financing in institutions of higher learning is today one of the major challenges facing the education sector in Tanzania. This study assessed the effectiveness of Students Loan‟s Board as an alternative way for financing Higher Education in Tanzania taking the University of Dodoma (UDOM) and Saint John‟s University of Tanzania as a case study. This study employed probability and non-probability in sampling procedures whereby random and purposive techniques in selecting ...

Factors Influencing The Achievement Of Value For Money Compliance In Public Procurement

ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to determine the factors that influence the achievement of Value for Money Procurement at Dodoma Municipality. Various methods of data collection including, questionnaire, interview, documentary review and focus group discussion were employed, a case study design was adopted as to get a deep insight of the study that was at hand. The study revealed various factors that influence the achievement of value for money as it includes; poor post contract mana...

The Contribution Of Faith-Based Secondary Schools In Teaching Of Moral Education: A Case Study Of Dodoma Urban District

ABSTRACT The research study is about the Contribution of Faith-Based Secondary Schools to teach Moral Education, and Dodoma Urban District was taken as a case study. The Faith based secondary schools, government, teachers, students, spiritual leaders, communities and individuals are core organs in the reviving, teaching, practicing and sustaining ethics in Dodoma Urban District. The objectives of the study are; to examine how moral education is being taught and promoted in faith-based second...

Socio-Economic Impact of Logging Activity in Fanteakwa District

ABSTRACT The subject matter of this study was to assess the impact of logging activities on the socio-economic development of the people of Fanteakwa District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study was carried out in three selected communities within the district, namely, Begoro, Akwansremu and Beseboum. These communities were selected because the logging activity has been consistent over the years and more so, the inhabitants of these communities have on several occasions shown their dis...

The Contribution Of Employee Motivation On Provision Of Customer Care In Public Health Services: A Study Of Public Health Centres In Morogoro Municipality, Morogoro Region

ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the contribution of employee motivation on provision of customer care in public health services, in Morogoro Municipality. Data was collected from the four selected public health institutions namely Morogoro General Hospital, Nunge Health Centre, Mafiga Health Centre and Kingolwila Health Centre respectively. The sample of 124 respondents was obtained from employees and heads of health centres. Collected data were coded using SPSS, frequencies, percentage...

A Study of The Dimensions of Organizational Justice Which Best Predict Employee Trust And Productivity in Ghanaian Higher Institutions

ABSTRACT  This study aims to examine the dimensions of organisational justice that best predict employee trust; and the dimensions of organisational justice that best predict employee productivity. The study used a quantitative approach and data were gathered from 211 respondents through the use of a questionnaire. Convenience sampling techniques was used to select both the five Ghanaian higher education institutions and the respondents for the study. The data gathered was analysed using Sta...

Green Marketing Practices And Customer Satisfaction in Selected Hotels in Ghana

ABSTRACT Green marketing has become a concern for customers patronising services from various industries. They are becoming more sensitive to issues concerning the environment. Customers not only actively seek goods and services that satisfy their needs but are also environmentally friendly. This concern for green marketing practices is becoming even more critical in the hotel industry as the sector has been described as the silent destroyer of the environment. Unfortunately, research on gre...

The Effects Of Tax Structure On Economic Growth And Income Inequality In Tanzania

ABSTRACT This paper investigates how the tax systems impact the country‟s economic growth and income distribution over the period 1996 to 2016. The study uses a single equation method in determining the relationship that exists between tax structures and economic growth and income inequality. This study contributes to the literature in country-specific studies particularly in Tanzania as it introduces the impact of tax structure on economic growth and income inequality. The study hence emp...

Assessment of Electronic Health Management in Information System at University of Ghana Hospital

ABSTRACT  The incorporation of Information and Communication Technology into the healthcare system has electronically transformed the approaches to medical data collection, storage, retrieval and its management across all health institutions in the world. However, there has been a drift of focus from core issues pertaining to the preparation processes, benefits, challenges, and prospects of such transformative innovation in the health sector. This study, therefore, sought to examine such a f...

Green Business Practices Among Star-Graded Hotels in Ghana : The Case of Ladadekotopon Municipality

ABSTRACT Hotels have been identified as a ‘resource-hungry sector that consumes a considerable amount of natural resources and generates large volumes of waste. This negative impact on the sector raises concerns for environmental sustainability. The green business practice has been identified as a subtle but significant medium in combating the adverse impacts of hotels on the environment. The quest to ascertain the availability of green management policies, practices and factors that influ...

Experiences of Released Juvenile Offenders in Greater Accra, Ghana

ABSTRACT This study explored the experiences of released juvenile offenders in Accra and was underpinned by Lazarus and Folkman‘s Transactional Model of Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. The study sought to find out (1) what challenges do release juvenile offenders in Accra encounter. (2) the factors that contribute to challenges faced by released juvenile offenders in Accra and (3) the coping strategies employed by released juvenile offenders in Accra to deal with challenges they experience....

Do Credit Information Sharing Schemes Matter to Bank Profitability? Evidence From Africa

ABSTRACT The study investigates the profitability of banks within 41 African countries from the period 2004 to 2013 at different levels of credit information sharing using the depth of credit information index to measure the extent of credit information sharing (i.e. the rules/laws and practice affecting the coverage, scope and accessibility of credit information available either through private bureaus/public registries) in Africa. The extent of credit information sharing is also disaggrega...

Politics-Administration Relations And Decision Making in Ghana's Local Government

ABSTRACT This thesis on the politics-administration relations and decision making in the local government of Ghana seeks to investigate how politicians and administrators relate to each other in policy formulation and implementation and the involvement of relevant stakeholders in decision making and execution in Ghana’s local government. The study was conducted in three purposively sampled districts from northern and southern Ghana. It employed a qualitative research approach to determine ...

The Relationship Among International Trade, Financial Development And Economic Growth

ABSTRACT In this study, the relationship between economic growth, international trade and financial development in Ghana is explored. The study uses annual time series data extracted from the World Development Indicators from 1997 to 2017. Findings from Ordinary Least Squares estimations show the net imports have a statistically significant negative relationship with economic growth while broad money has a positive but insignificant relationship with economic growth. Additionally, broad mone...

How do Monetary And Fiscal Policy Shocks Explain Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Africa?

ABSTRACT This study examines the joint impact of fiscal and monetary policy shocks on some fundamental macroeconomic indicators in three emerging African economies: Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. The study uses a vector autoregressive (VAR) method with recursive ordering to explain the relationships between the variables over the years 1970 to 2013. The macroeconomic variables considered include real GDP, Inflation and Trade. Granger causality tests are used to determine the causality beha...


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