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Contribution of CBOS in poverty reduction among their members in Tanzania: empirical evidence from Hai district
No full textEuropean Journal of Business Management, 2(1), 173-189.CBOs are voluntary, non-profit and non-governmental organisations that are set up
by collective efforts of local people for their own development. There has been
mushrooming of these organisations in Tanzania since the second half of 1980s after
the implementation of structural adjustment policies. Despite a large volume of
literature in the area of CBOs, little attention has been made towards assessing their
contribution in reduction of poverty. The aim of this study therefore was to assess
contribution of CBOs in reduction of poverty among their members in Tanzania with
special emphasis from Hai District. The study was guided by the Community action
model theory by Freire (1973). A case study design was adopted because of its
advantages in studying more than one case deeply. Hai District was selected as the
study area because it had large number of the CBOs. A sample size of 130
respondents was selected. Simple random sampling technique was applied in
selecting the CBOs and the main respondents. On the other hand, purposive
sampling technique was applied in selecting both the study area and the key
informants. Data for the study were collected using observation, interviews (both
structured and unstructured), focused group discussions and documentary reviews.
Both qualitative and quantitative techniques were applied in analyzing data for this
study as they were found to complement each other. Status of poverty among
members of the CBOs was measured using MPI. Following were the major
conclusions drowned from the study: that a significant number of members of the
CBOs were still MPI poor; Sources of capital for members of the CBOs were both
from the SACCOS and CBOs; Incomes of members increased significantly after
joining the CBOs; and the CBOs were found to contribute significantly in reduction
of poverty among their members by urging them to establish economic activities and
looking for markets of their produces
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Relationship between Banks’ Perception on Bank of Tanzania Regulatory Reviews and Financial Performance: Evidence from selected Commercial Banks in Tanzania
Get PDFThe Central Bank of Tanzania has undergone various bank regulations reviews at different periods of time such as the one undertaken in 1998, 2008 and 2014. This study, therefore, intended to assess the relationship between banks perception on regulatory requirements reviews decisions and the bank performance. The study employed a cross-sectional design with the target population of 36 commercial banks. A sample of 120 respondents were selected from 24 commercial banks obtained in Dar es Salaam City. Primary data were collected from bank managers while secondary data were collected from audited annual financial statements. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis were used for data analysis. Findings from the study showed that most banks had high perception regarding new regulations. However, the study noted low perception on the number of quarterly publication days, and on liquidity and cash reserve ratios requirements which seemed to be difficult for most banks to afford. Correlation analysis results showed that the relationship between banks perception on the new regulatory requirements and the financial performance was positive and significant with a high degree of correlation. The study concludes that most banks highly supported the reviews made by the BoT on capital adequacy and information reporting and disclosure requirements. The study recommends that commercial banks need to implement the new capital adequacy requirements and information reporting and disclosure requirements with special attention in order to make banks more profitable. Moreover, the regulator of banks needs to think on reviewing publication days and liquidity requirements
The mediating effect of customer experience on word of mouth and repurchase behaviours in mobile payment services in Tanzania
No full textOne of the biggest drivers of Tanzania’s economy, inclusion in the digital financial system, and reaching the unbanked population nationwide is mobile payment services. Due to the development of mobile banks and the dynamics of digital technology advances, which make it challenging to comprehend consumer behaviours, the sector, which is served by telecom firms, suffers intense competition. Unfortunately, the topic hasn’t received much attention from marketing professionals, thus this study will focus on examining the connection between service quality and word-of-mouth mediated by customer experience. The second is to investigate how customer experience, through service quality, influences repurchases behaviour. With a sample of 379 Dar Es Salaam residents who utilize mobile payments, the study took a positivist stance. Moreover, the study employed convenient sampling techniques, and the data were analysed with Smart PLS 4. The analysis involved a reflective-formative measure of constructs in lower- and higher-order models and a bootstrapping method for the mediating analysis. The hypotheses were tested and revealed a significant positive relationship between the specific indirect effects of service quality and positive word of mouth and repurchasing intention. The study contributes to the digital financial service marketing sector and recommends that policymakers and managers substantiate customer experience for better communication and marketing strategies
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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