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    Tanzania social action fund II implementation for the household socio-economic improvement: evidence from Arusha District, Tanzania
    (Springer International Publishing, 2023) Mamkwe, Claudia Edward; Genda, Elizabeth Lulu
    The Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) II is a national poverty reduction initiative that focuses on addressing income poverty and the shortage of social services. The study was cross-sectional in design with a sample of 60 household heads and nine key informants. Data were collected using questionnaires and key informant interviews. The findings show that TASAF II investments improved household assets, access to clean and safe water, education, health, and created employment through investments in new projects. It was adjudged to be an excellent development project model and viewed as best practice for improving wellbeing of low-income households through participatory and empowerment approaches in which the poor are provided with non-monetary start-up capital to generate income. The Chapter recommends the formulation of policies that reflect the lived experiences of the poor by making them participate in their development processes while itself and NGOs, CSOs and the private actor remain facilitators.
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    Challenges facing private health service providers in Tanzania: A case of Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDO) in Tabora municipal council.
    (Mzumbe University, 2015) Kulwijira, Abiud James
    The study aimed at examining the Challenges facing private health service providers in Tanzania. Specifically, the study focused at examining the Performance of private Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets (ADDO), the challenges facing private Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in the provision of health services, the causes of the challenges facing the private Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in the provision of services and measures in improving the performance of private Accredited Drug Dispensing Outlets in provision of service in Tabora Municipality. This study applied a case study design, which targeted ADDO owners in Tabora Municipal Council as the private health service providers. A sample size of 100 respondents was drawn by using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Questionnaire, Interview and Observation methods were applied in collection of primary data, whereas documentary review method was adopted for collecting secondary data. The collected data were analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), Excel Software and Content Analysis then presented in tables, figures and texts. The findings from the study revealed that; Unavailability of qualified staff, Poor storage facilities, shortage of required drugs, Low purchasing power, difficult drug policy, poor Government support, selling expired drugs and high training costs reported by respondents are the challenges facing ADDO. To overcome the challenges facing ADDO, the study suggests; adherence to the Government medical policies, Proper Dispensing of required drugs, effective and efficiency drug planning, improving drug storage and dispensing enough of the required drug.
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    An analysis of challenges facing folk development colleges in the Southern Highlands zone, Tanzania
    (Mzumbe University, 2013) Kalole, Josephine G.
    This study examined the challenges which faced the development of FDCs in the Southern Highland Zone of Tanzania. It was inspired by the fact that FDCs’ development was moving backward and the challenges were less known. The study specifically identified the causes of the challenges facing FDCs, found out how the challenges facing FDCs in the southern highlands zone of Tanzania could be addressed, and explored measures for strengthening FDCs. The study used a cross-sectional research design with a sample of 36 respondents who were selected though convenience and purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected by using questionnaires, interviews, and documentary review methods. They were analyzed by using SPSS and Microsoft Word for text processing and editing. The study shows that inadequate facilities, poor infrastructure, shortage of qualified personnel, inadequate technological tools, and community’ negative attitude were the challenges which affected FDCs in the study areas. The effects of those challenges were lack of qualified teachers, poor teaching, drop outs, students’ poor performance, students’ failure, unwillingness to teach, teachers’ resignation, and hence bad reputation of FDCs. Measures such as enough budget allocation for FDCs, employing adequate qualified personnel, increasing facilities, involving stakeholders in planning, were proposed. There was also a need to strengthen FDCs through involving development partners, conducting fundraising activities, staff capacity building. Relevant recommendations are made.
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    The effectiveness of the constituency development catalyst fund in reduction of non-income poverty in Zanzibar: a case of Dole Constituency-Unguja
    (Mzumbe University, 2014) Saleh, Haidary Abdalla
    This study aimed at examining the effectiveness of the Constituency Development Catalyst Fund in reduction of non-income poverty in Zanzibar, in which Dole Constituency was used as a case study. This study specifically focused on revealing: the community awareness on the CDCF, the social services (facilities) supported by the CDCF projects in Dole constituency, the effectiveness of the CDCF supported facilities in delivery of services and the challenges facing the CDCF in achieving its goal. The study applied a case study design, which targeted community members in Dole constituency, as the major beneficiaries of the CDCF funded projects in their constituency. A sample size of 122 respondents was drawn by using purposive, simple random and complex systematic sampling techniques. Questionnaire, Interview and Observation methods were applied in collection of primary data, whereas documentary review method was adopted for collecting secondary data. The collected data were analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15, Excel Software and Content Analysis then presented in tables, figures and texts. The study revealed that, community awareness on CDCF in Dole constituency was relatively low; about 87.1 percent of the respondents were not aware of the CDCF. The CDCF supported services in Dole were less effective due to limited access, limited budget and poor qualities of the services provided as shown in figure 4.2. Furthermore, the study revealed that there was a variety of social services supported by CDCF, but encountered by challenges such as; transparency in CDCF operation, low people’s participation, low awareness, dominance of political interests in fund allocation and weak CDCF Committee and Operational law. The study recommendations include: increasing Dole community awareness through social education on the fund, increasing CDCF effectiveness in delivery of services to Dole people, and control mechanism of the revealed CDCF challenges such as; political influence on the CDCF operation, amendment of the CDCF law, and raising CDCF budget.