Contribution of LGCDG in Improving Local Community Livelihoods in Meru District Arusha, Tanzania
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The University of Dodoma University of Dodoma Institutional Repository http://repository.udom.ac.tz Social Sciences Master Dissertations 2014 Contribution of LGCDG in improving local community livelihoods in Meru district Arusha, Tanzania Ngowi, Straton Alexander Straton, A. N. (2014). Contribution of LGCDG in improving local community livelihoods in Meru district Arusha, Tanzania, Dodoma: The University of Dodoma. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1513 Downloaded from UDOM Institutional Repository at The University of Dodoma, an open access institutional repository. CONTRIBUTION OF LGCDG IN IMPROVING LOCAL COMMUNITY LIVELIHOODS IN MERU DISTRICT ARUSHA, TANZANIA By Straton Alexander Ngowi Dissertation Submitted in Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts in Development Studies of the University of Dodoma University of Dodoma October, 2014 CERTIFICATION The undersigned certifies that he has read and hereby recommend for acceptance by the University of Dodoma a dissertation entitled: “The Contribution of LGCDG on Improving Local Community Livelihoods in Meru District, Arusha, Tanzania” in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Masters of Arts (Development Studies) of the University of Dodoma. ……………………………………………. Prof. D. Mwamfupe (SUPERVISOR) Date: ……………………………………. i DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT I, Ngowi Straton Alexander, declare that this dissertation is my own original work and that it has not been presented and will not be presented to any other University in a similar or any other degree award. Signature: …………………………………… No part of this dissertation may be produced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission of the author or the University of Dodoma. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT For any wise person, it has traditionally been imperative to appreciate the role played by others in one’s attainments. In a similar move, I am obliged to acknowledge the quantifiable and unquantifiable inputs from different personalities whose role is irrefutable. Foremost, I wish to express my gratitude, thanks to Yvette Y. Temba for her sponsorship to Postgraduate studies. This could not be done without the University of Dodoma and Department of Development Studies for giving me a chance in M.A programs. Again, my deep-hearted thanks go to the Meru District council’ Director and other workers for allowing data collection at their departments, wards, villages and hamlets for this research. Uniquely and in a more distinguished manner, I must express my thanks to my supervisor Prof. Davis Mwamfupe for his constructive advice and critics which occupied an interesting position in the production of this document. Lastly, but not least, I must be grateful to my mother Sofia A. Ngowi and uncle Martin M. Temba who sacrificed a lot of their scarce resources to take care of me and their prayers which strongly shaped my academic struggle. iii DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my mother Sofia Alexander Ngowi, uncle Martin M. Temba and aunt Vyette Y. Temba, who prays for my success and then to all friends of mine who assisted me through advice in accomplishing my work; and in memory of my father, the late Alexander Gasper Ngowi. iv ABSTRACT This study entitled “The Contribution of Local Government Capital Development Grants in Improving Community Livelihoods” was conducted in Meru District, Arusha, Tanzania in four selected villages namely King’ori, Kikatiti, Maji ya Chai and Patandi. Data were collected using questionnaire survey and interviews. The total number of 89 respondents was from these villages, King’ori (22) respondents, Kikatiti (24) respondents, Maji ya chai (24) respondents and Patandi (25) respondents. The study involved 7 key informants. Qualitative data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20. Finding from the study revealed that about 80.7 % of respondents are aware of the contribution of LGCDG for improving local community’s livelihoods. It was further found that LGCDG have contributed to the improvements of local communities, livelihoods, these services are education, health, water supply, agriculture, roads maintenance, administration and environmental management. The study also found that there were priorities in delivery of these services to the local communities these are; education, health and water supply while other services such as agriculture, rural roads maintenance, administration and environmental conservation was minimal. Also, respondents’ views on funds allocations for social service delivery on time posits that the local government has failed to provide services effectively because of delaying of funds from donors and central governments to the districts, insufficient cooperation with local people in service provision, few capital allocations in social service provision. Therefore, to make local government effective through service provision, donors and central government should disburse funds on time, increase portion of these grants. v TABLE OF CONTENTS CERTIFICATION ........................................................................................................ i DECLARATION AND COPYRIGHT........................................................................ ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................... iii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................ iv ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................. v TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................ vi LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... ix LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................... x LIST OF PLATES ...................................................................................................... xi LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................ xii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................ xiii CHAPTER ONE .......................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ....................................................................................... 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem ....................................................................................... 4 1.3 Research Objectives ............................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 General Objective ............................................................................................... 5 1.3.2 Specific Objectives ............................................................................................. 5 1.3.3 Research Questions ............................................................................................. 5 1.4 Significance of the Study ....................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................... 7 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................ 7 2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 7 2.2 Definitions of Key Concepts and Terms ................................................................ 7 2.3 Theoretical Review of the Literature ..................................................................... 8 2.3.1 The Livelihood Theory ....................................................................................... 8 2.3.2 Social Capital Theory ......................................................................................... 8 2.4 Reviews of Empirical Literature ............................................................................ 9 2.4.1 LGCDG in Improving Community’s Livelihoods ............................................ 10 vi 2.4.2 Factors Affecting Performance of LGCDG on Social Services Delivery to the Local Community’s Livelihoods ............................................................................... 11 2.5 The Conceptual Framework ................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................... 15 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY............................................................................... 15 3.1 Study Area Selection Criteria .............................................................................. 15 3.2 Research Design................................................................................................... 15 3.3 Description of Study Area ................................................................................... 15 3.4 Targeted Population ............................................................................................. 16 3.5 Sampling and Sample Size..................................................................................