Assessment of the roles of Zanzibar investment promotion authority in attracting foreign direct investments

Mwinyi, Salum Mkamba

dc.creator	Mwinyi, Salum Mkamba
dc.date	2019-08-17T06:33:58Z
dc.date	2019-08-17T06:33:58Z
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T12:07:26Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T12:07:26Z
dc.identifier	Mwinyi, S. M. (2015). Assessment of the roles of Zanzibar investment promotion authority in attracting foreign direct investments. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/676
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/676
dc.description	Dissertation (MA International Relations)
dc.description	This study is aimed to assess the role of Zanzibar Investment Promotion Authority (ZIPA) in attracting Foreign Direct Investment. A special attention was made to find what promotional activities ZIPA use and its effectiveness in attracting Foreign Direct investment, identifying incentives offered and its impact in the developments of Foreign Direct Investment, bureaucracy in service delivering and ZIPA influence on investment policy advocacy The research employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The methods used in data collection are questionnaire survey, interview and documentary review. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling were used as a part of sampling design for this study. The statistical package for social science (SPSS) and Microsoft excel were used for data analysis and management. The study reveals that, there are promotional activities that have not been employed by ZIPA and those which are in practice have not reached many potential investors. The study also found that ZIPA offers incentives to investors however, it is not satisfactory to attract potential investors and despite efforts done by ZIPA to reduce bureaucracy, still the menace of bureaucracy exists. On the other hand it was found that majority of investment stakeholders think land and tax policies need reform in order to keep conducive environment for investments. The study recommends ZIPA to increase budget for promotional activities, should offer more lucrative incentive packages and develop special incentive package for the sectors that have not attracted many investors. It should strengthen coordination among government‘s institutions that provide services to investors in order to reduce red tap bureaucracy.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	The University of Dodoma
dc.subject	ZIPA
dc.subject	Zanzibar Investment Promotion Authority
dc.subject	Investors
dc.subject	Foreign Direct Investment
dc.subject	FDI
dc.subject	Investment policy
dc.subject	Foreign investors
dc.subject	Tourism sector
dc.subject	Investment promotion
dc.subject	Investment
dc.subject	Zanzibar
dc.title	Assessment of the roles of Zanzibar investment promotion authority in attracting foreign direct investments
dc.type	Dissertation