ABSTRACT This study examined the effects of social transfer programmes in facilitating access and utilization of health care services and its implications in attaining universal health coverage in Dodoma Region, Tanzania. A cross-sectional survey of 402 household beneficiaries of social transfer programmes was carried out using interviewer administered questionnaire. In addition, 18 focus group discussions were carried out with community members and 12 in-depth interviews were held with prog...
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of employee satisfaction on the organization development at Tanga Fresh Company in Tanga District in Tanga region. In conducting this research, the main objective of this study is to investigate the effects of employee satisfaction on the organization development and suggest the ways for improving employee satisfaction. In this study the population consisted of 30 employees from Tanga Fresh Company. The researcher selected the respondents through r...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the impact of fiscal and monetary policies on economic growth and stability in Tanzania. The study questioned mechanisms that make one policy more effective than the other and traced efficient way of using these policies; which most prior empirical works did not mention. The study filled this gap in literature by analyzing fiscal adjustments of revenue and spending; comparing effects of money supply and interest rate; and finally deriving an optimal policy – mix...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the factors influencing the effectiveness of Joint Forest Management (JFM) approach in conservation and management of forest reserves in Tanzania, using Kimboza forest reserve as a case study. The study specifically intended to examine the response of community towards JFM approach, to investigate benefits to the community due to their involvement in JFM and to determine factors influencing local people’s participation in JFM for conserving and managing fore...
ABSTRACT The study focuses on ―The Community Perception on Child Physical Abuse in Tanzania: A Case of Ilala Municipality” as a social problem affecting some of children under the study area. It was guided by the following specific objectives; to identify community‘s perception on children physical abuse, to determine the effects of children physical abuse on growth and to explore the roles of civil society organizations and the government on eradicating child physical abuse. Sample si...
ABSTRACT This study has intended to assess the effects of various management practices on employee job satisfactions. A cross sectional research design was adopted; the sample size of 225 respondents was obtained through a purposive and non-purposive sampling techniques. The study used both quantitative and qualitative methods for data analysis in order to achieve the objectives of the study. Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) and Excel software were used to analyze the data. Find...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to examine the impact of local government staff training on the implementation of public service management and employment policy of 2008 in Tanzania. In addressing this issue as well as achieving the objective, both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from employees; informants in this study were obtained through purposive sampling and stratified sampling. Qualitative data were collected using literature and documents as well as focus gro...
Table of contents Title page .......................i Certification .........................ii Dedication ..............................iii Acknowledgement ...........................iv Table of contents .................................vi CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction ...........................1 1.1 Statement of the problem ............................3 1.2 Research questions ...............................4 1.3 Objectives of the study .................................4 1.4 Significance o...
ABSTRACT Village Community Banks (VICOBA) plays an important role of enabling poor women to save and access credit. The study aimed at assessing the contribution of VICOBA to the economic development and livelihood of women in Tanzania. The study was cross sectional research in design where by the 59 respondents were included. Primary data was collected by using questionnaires. The quantitative data was analyzed by Statistical Package for Social Sciences(SPSS). The results showed that most o...
ABSTRACT This study has assessed the impact of human population pressure on the sustainability of Ngorongoro Conservation Area, at three selected villages namely: Enduleni, Ngorongoro and Nainokanoka. Data were collected by using Household questionnaires survey, focus group discussion and interviews. One hundred respondents and thirteen key informants were involved in the study. Quantitative Data, were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 16.1 and...
ABSTRACT There is a debate in services marketing literature on the relationship that exists between service quality and customer satisfaction on the one hand and customer loyalty on the other. While there are studies which have shown a positive and strong relationship between variables of the first set to customer loyalty, there are also studies which reported no relationship. This study was put in place to investigate on the factors which influenced customer loyalty. The study was undertaken...
TABLE OF CONTENT CONTENTS PAGES Title Page ................i Certification ......................ii Dedication .........................iii Acknowledgement ....................iv Table of Content ...........................vi CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Introduction ...................1 1.2 Statement of the Problem ....................1 1.3 Research Question ....................2 1.4 Objectives of the Study .....................2 1.5 Significance of the Study ....................3 1.6 Scope and Limitati...
ABSTRACT This study on thecontribution of small and medium enterprises to the development of Zanzibar economy, Drop of Zanzibar and Zainab bottlers were taken as the case study. It was important to conduct this research in Zanzibar urban district region because no research of such nature. The study comprised one hundred respondents from study. Simple randomsampling is technique which used to select one hundred respondents from total population of 7,825 people from the study area. Data were c...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the causes for the decline of coconut industry and its consequences to the livelihoods of coconut farmers, based on the following specific objectives: to examine the contribution of coconut industry to the economy of Zanzibar, to investigate the trend of factors of the decline of coconut industry in Zanzibar, and to examine social and economic consequences to the farmer‘s livelihoods in Zanzibar and assess the existing efforts in which they had been taken to ...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find out the impact of human wildlife-conflicts on natural resources management in Saadani national park, Tanzania. The data for the study were collected from three villages vicinity to Saadani National Park (SANAPA), namely Mkange, Saadani and Matipwili villages. The study cover 97 households survey and 13 key informants interviews including the ward and village executive officers, District officials and Saadani National Park officials. Both qualitative a...