Assessing the Value of Blue Economy in Employment Creation in Tanzania: The Case of Dar Es Salaam Port
| dc.creator | Mvungi, Joel | |
| dc.date | 2020-06-17T11:12:29Z | |
| dc.date | 2020-06-17T11:12:29Z | |
| dc.date | 2019 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-05T08:08:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-05T08:08:30Z | |
| dc.description | A Dissertation Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Business Administration – Corporate Management (MBA-CM) of Mzumbe University. | |
| dc.description | The aim of this study was to assess the value of the blue economy in employment creation in Tanzania. Considering that the shipping industry occupies the largest part of the blue economy and hence it was purposefully selected for this assessment. Prior to this study, earlier studies on the shipping economy were silent about the value of the shipping industry in employment creation. This motivated the researcher to conduct this study focusing on Dar es Salaam Port as a case.A total of 33 directors representing each shipping companies and agencies operated in the Port formed a target population of the study. Among them, only 30 (90.9%) directors were purposefully selected to form the samples. Both questionnaires and documentary review were used as data collection tools so as to realize three objectives: to find out the ways which shipping activities have stimulated growth of other sub-sectors at Dar es Salaam Port, to examine the usefulness of shipping activities in employment creation at Dar es Salaam Port and to estimate number of direct employment created by shipping industry at Dar es Salaam Port. The finding results revealed that shipping activities stimulated the growth of other subsectors such as port services, insurances, food and beverages, consumption of goods and services and restaurants by catalyzing their establishment and supporting their development. Also, it was found that the shipping industry was very useful in employment creationas it employed individuals in the productive age by contributing towards availability and accessibility of employment in the Port. The study estimated that about 811 individuals were directly employed in shipping activities at Dar es Salaam Port. The conclusion and implication of the study is that the blue economy had a crucial value in employment creation in Tanzania. If the Government of Tanzania could develop the blue economy it is likely to assist in reducing the unemployment rate of about 30% characterizing Dar es Salaam region by ensuring availability and accessibility of employment in the Dar es Salaam Port. | |
| dc.identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/11192/3226 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11192/3226 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Mzumbe University | |
| dc.subject | Economy, Blue economy, Employment creation-Tanzania, Shipping-economy, Shipping Industry | |
| dc.title | Assessing the Value of Blue Economy in Employment Creation in Tanzania: The Case of Dar Es Salaam Port | |
| dc.type | Thesis |