Despite the importance of assets capitalisation, studies show doubts whether such capitalisation contributes to business performance. This paper thus, determines the performance of businesses owned by Vocational and ...

While the issue of bank stability is being given more emphasis by most of banks’ stakeholders worldwide, many developing countries are busy promoting policies which aim at increasing the level of banking inclusion in their ...

Objective – This paper investigates the effect of board composition on non-performing loans (NPLs) for a sample of 31 commercial banks in Tanzania. Design/methodology – A quantitative study methodology was employed using ...

Recent developments in the banking sector have greatly improved bank customers' access to and use of banking services. However, such development in the industry is subjected to various risks, causing mistrust of the banking ...

Objective –This paper examines the effect of bank-specific factors on non performing loans in Tanzanian commercial banks (CBs). Design/methodology – Using annual data covering the period of 2011 -2020, a quantitative ...

Efficient utilization of resources is critical for effective performance of banks. This paper measured efficiency of community banks in Tanzania and compares performance between two community banks categories during 2002 ...

The embrace of the neo-liberal policies has seen developing countries in recent times competing for the presence of foreign direct investment (FDI). This contrasts with the restrictive policies of the import substitution ...

Cash Transfers (CT) as a strategy for poverty reduction acquired prominence in Latin America but spread later to the rest of the developing world including Tanzania. Government through its umbrella institution, Tanzania ...

This paper reports the findings of a study that had evaluated the influence of board attributes size, gender diversity, skills and meetings on board’s role performance in terms of strategic, resource provision and monitoring ...

Over the past twelve years Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) ratio in Community Banks (CBs) has been above the threshold of the overall bank industry. Operating above the NPLs industry ratio threshold connotes potential ...