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    Participation of households in local economic development programme and poverty reduction: Empirical evidence from support to local economy in Mwanza (slem)
    (Mzumbe University, 2013) Marco, Salu
    The main objective of this study was to assess the various factors that influence participation of households in local economic development income generating activities as well as poverty reduction in the study area of Mwanza region. Two districts were purposively selected basing on the availability of households who participated in local economic development projects. These districts are Misungwi and Sengerema. To better inform, this study employed a sample size of 240 households to determine the factors which influences household participation in local economy and poverty reduction. The study revealed that most of the surveyed households participated in small business with participation rate of 38 percent and income share of 61.4 percent of the total income from household participation in local economy. Local economic development projects perceived to be important economic activities for income generation that assisted the households to finance some of their basic needs such as education 28 percent, food 29 percent, medical services 22 percent and clothing materials 21 percent. Tobit regression analysis was applied to investigate factors that influence households’ decision to participate in local economic activities. The results indicated that household participation in economic activities is significantly influenced by land size, amount of loan, location, other income and age square of household head. For the improvement of the programme there is a need to invest in education and rural infrastructure. Also, attention should be taken into account on the availability of sustainable markets, capital mobilization, accessibility of loans, women empowerment and support on research activities in local economic development programme.
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    Household willingness to pay for improved solid waste management services in Njombe town council,Tanzania
    (Mzumbe University, 2016) Lunojo, Emma
    A dissertation submitted in partial/fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Project Planning and Management (PPM) of Mzumbe University This study investigated household willingness to pay (WTP) for improved solid waste management (SWM) services in Njombe Town Council, Njombe region in Tanzania. In Njombe TC, the rapidly increase in solid waste production ultimately creates a critical issue to SWM authorities in the council. Using cross-sectional data obtained from 110 households in 26 streets of Njombe TC, the study examined the household’s participation, their attitudes towards SWM action and their WTP for improved SWM services. The study is centred on the threshold decision-making and utility theories. To elicit WTP, open-ended contingent valuation method (CVM) was employed. To determine factors influencing households WTP and maximum WTP value for improved SWM services Probit and Tobit regression models were used respectively. The results showed that 77.3% of respondents were ready to pay for improved SWM service whereas 57.3% were paying the waste collection fee in place. The Probit model shows that, age, level of education, income, time spent walking to the disposal site, household satisfaction on the current SWM services, household location and trust to the government on SWM services provision have significant effects on the WTP, while the MWTP value was influenced by level of education, income, satisfaction, location and time spent walking to the disposal site. Further, the result showed that the mean WTP value is TZS 1581.82 per household per month which is higher than the current garbage fee of TZS 1000 charged by the Town council. So, there is a chance of increasing garbage fee between TZS 1000 and TZS 1581.82. However, with other factors, the location of households should be taken into consideration while adding the charges. The mean WTP value may be a guide to Njombe TC authorities in determining appropriate garbage fee. It is further recommended that public awareness and private sector involvement in waste collection services in the council should be highly encouraged.