A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the award of Master of Public Administration (MPA) of Mzumbe University (MU)This study assessed the Impact of Income Generating Activities on Development of Coastal Communities in Tanzania, a case study of Pangani District council. The study is based on four specific objectives which sought to: identify the main types of income generating activities; identify the factors affecting the development of income generating activities; determine the factors hindering community participation in income generating activities; and assessing the impact of income generating activities in Pangani District Council. A target population of 4697 people was used and a sample of 80 people was selected to represent the population.Non probability sampling techniques were used in choosing the sample. Purposive sampling was one of the non-probability techniques used to ensure that various types of enterprises were included in the research. Data were collected using questionnaires; interview; and documentary review methods. The collected data were analyzed by using documentation method. The result from this study showed that, there are different income generating activities done to increase household income such as agricultural services, animal husbandry, wholesale distribution, fishing, retail business, and service business. The problem of poor market facilities, limited access to land for building houses and crop cultivation, inadequate communication aid during fishing trip, lack of signal light at fish land station, market challenges, government policies and regulations, hard conditions of taking loan given by financial institutions, and low capital, were the factors affecting the income generating activities of coastal communities. Despite those factors, the income generating activities done, helped to increase household income and to bring development of coastal communities. Income generating activities empower coastal women to bring improvement in women‟s participation in household decision making, family planning, children survival rate, health and nutrition and children education especially girls education.