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A study manual on selected topics in operations research : Quantitative approaches to decision making
(Mzumbe university, 2008) Bahati, I
The text encompasses five topics, namely, Management Science Approaches to Problems Solving, Linear Programming, Transportation and Assignment Problems, Inventory Control, Queuing Theory and Network Analysis. The topics are presented in such a way that readers will acquaint themselves with suitable tools to analyze problems that are directly related to Operations research using the contained quantitative approaches. The simple and complex examples will serve as guidelines to students when they face challenges from other sources. In general, this text is expected not only to teach you specific techniques but also provide a method for approaching problems that will be very useful in your endeavor. It is indeed user-friendly.
Community participation and the role of school committees
(Mzumbe university, 2005) Fundi, S. S
Participation is one of the popular concepts in social development. It is a concept generally accepted in both the developed and developing countries as one of development approaches that can help speed up realization of the intended goals. Despite general acceptance, the term has been differently interpreted and practised in different parts of the world. Not only that, but also even within the same country, its interpretation has been varying among various groups. For instance, for the policy-makers participation would be considered as a vehicle for fastening development, but for the people in the implementation areas this is sometimes seen as avoidance of responsibility in the part of the government.
This study aimed at exploring the notion of participation in primary education in Tanzania, with the intention of finding how people interpret and receive it. Furthermore the study focused at assessing the role of School Committees in facilitating participation. The study was completed in 2005 and it was conducted for 8 weeks in Moshi Municipality and Mvomero district. Generally the study found that the practice of participation is affected by various social, economical and political situations of the environment it is practised. Methods The researcher conducted in-depth, and one to one interviews, administered questionnaires and reviewed some official documents in order to get the data.
The sample consisting of 60 community members, 10 head teachers, 10 chairpersons’ and10 members of school committees and 6 officials from the local education authorities in the study areas was used. Despite the limitations that were faced in sampling, the respondents involved in the sample were of great help and information they provided was useful in this report.
Gender and development research cluster :Growth and involvement of women entrepreneurs in the informal sector in Tanzania
(Mzumbe university, 2005) Tundui, H. P
Introduction anointment a BUK СКDB the involvement of women in entrepreneurship in Tanzania has increased tremendously since the mid-1980s and now has become the main source of employment and income for the majority of women in the country. What is evident is that the increased participation of women in entrepreneurship has not only altered women's access to economic resources and cash incomes, but has also brought about other socio-cultural challenges. Despite their involvement in entrepreneurship, women have difficulties in accessing credit markets necessary for starting, improving and expanding their enterprises, either due lack of knowledge and skills required to access credits or credit conditions.
It is from this context that, the study was proposed to explore the factors that determine women's assess to credit sources in Tanzania. The purpose of this research was to study the factors that determine the likelihood of women enterprises in Tanzania using credits as sources of finance and examine terms of credit, including interest rates, and collateral requirements, to determine whether the lending conditions imposed on women business owners in Tanzania are more stringent and different from those imposed on men.
Handbook on public- private sector relationship in economic development : Search for effective balance
(Department of Research and Publications, 2007) Nkya, E.J
This is a handbook on development policy. Re balancing the public-private sector relationship in economic development is undertaken through development policy. The process of economic development and ideological paradigm shifts evident in 1980s and still unfolding led to economic and institutional reforms that necessitated rethinking the balance and relationship between the public and private sectors, in both less and more developed countries. Reforms in the public, financial and fiscal sectors and macroeconomic stabilization have necessitated changes in economic development policies that recognize the importance of the private sector in economic development and hence tilting the public-private sector relationship in favor of the private sector after several years of state-centered development. The private sector is now considered a critical driving force in economic development, and in Less Developed Countries, an important strategy for poverty reduction through recognition of the informal sector.
The purpose of this handbook is to analyze the changing relationship between the public and private sector in favor of the latter, as a strategic policy change for faster economic development and poverty alleviation. The analysis is based on review of relevant theories, public-private sector re-balancing experience in Tanzania, and illustrative empirical case studies from the author's research projects in Tanzania. Development policies are viewed as important instruments for changing the balance between the public and private sectors. The idea of writing the handbook emanated from a series of graduate seminars on development policy conducted at Mzumbe University in Tanzania between 1997 and 2005. Most of the material was discussed by graduate students and faculty colleagues and revisions were continuously made to reflect experiences and observations of the seminar participants and colleagues.
The overarching issues related to Public-Private Sector Relationship (PPSR) in Less Developed Countries include performance of the public sector, roles of the public sector in growth and development, indigenous private sector capacity, nature of private and public goods, globalization, direct foreign investment, safety nets for the poor, public-private partnership, privatization, new public management paradigm, non-governmental and community-based organizations and economic regulation. These issues are discussed in this handbook through theory and illustrative case studies.
Systematic review of open education resources repository: A gateway for scholarly communication in developing countries
(Dar es Salaam University Press, 2002) Beth Kachota; Kardo J. Mwilongo
Development in information technology has universally led to an increase of the importance of the Open Education Resources Repository. This has been of great help in achieving the sustainable development goals on the promotion of quality education and supporting innovation in the community. The technology of open education resources repository has been prominent since 2010 and comprehensively adopted in developed countries. However, it has been dynamically improving in developing regions though its performance fairly convinces appreciations on the invested initiatives. This paper establishes the need to examine the users’ awareness of the repository, performance and influencing factors on the performance of open education resources repositories in developing countries. A systematic review of literature was employed in which 25 research papers were investigated. The papers were searched from four aggregate tools, namely Google Scholar, Research Gate, Open Praxis and Refseek. The Excel computer application software was used to analyse quantitative data whereas qualitative data were subjected to content analysis. Among other things, higher learning institution open education resource repositories in developing countries are becoming common among the academic community. Their performance is significantly remarked in erratic context between regions and diagnostically hampered by varying factors, including technological and infrastructural aspects, financial disputes, environmental and institutional issues. On this, the institutional management support committed to creating open access resources. These resulted to minimal satisfaction on the contribution of the repositories among the scholars. Such open education resources repository guidelines including policy, procedures and standards impacted the repositories performance. The paper encourages on the need for improving information resources acquisition, efforts on raising awareness, dissemination, advocacy, marketing, and management and user support services. However, open education resources repository policy needs to be improvised for quality control and procedures for backup to enhance security, intrusion and mitigation of the effects of potential disasters and fostering sustainability of the open education resources repository