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  Impact of Tax on Foreign Direct Investment in Tanzania

  A. Kibona, N.L. Kibiki

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  Vol.7 , Issue.7 , pp.68-71, Jul-2021

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  This study examines the impact of Tax on Foreign Direct Investment in Tanzania by using time series data from 1988 to 2019. The data were collected from Central Bank of Tanzania, National Bureau of Statistics, World Bank, and IMF. The data were analyzed by using Autoregressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) technique. The results show that tax has negative and insignificant impact on foreign direct investment and the impact runs from tax to Foreign Direct Investment with no long run relationship. Insignificant impact of tax on Foreign Direct Investment might be due to infancy of FDI and policy changes in a country. Therefore, it is recommended that the government should continue to improve infrastructures that smooth investment in a country, improve and maintain stable investment environments and fiscal policy as well as ensuring prevalence of factors that attract foreign investment in a country in relation to neighboring countries which eventually will spur sustainable economic growth.

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  Foreign Direct Investment, Tax Revenue, ARDL, Tanzania

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  A. Kibona, N.L. Kibiki, "Impact of Tax on Foreign Direct Investment in Tanzania," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.7, Issue.7, pp.68-71, 2021

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  Effectiveness of Local Government Political Leaders in Implementation of Their Roles in Zanzibar Tanzania

  M.S. Fasihi, G.J. Babune

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  Vol.7 , Issue.7 , pp.72-79, Jul-2021

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  Local governments are the nucleus of development practice everywhere. The paper examined the effectiveness of local government political leaders over their roles in Zanzibar Tanzania. A cross-sectional design was employed using a mixed approach in informing the study process with a 47 sample size. Purposive and systematic sampling methods were used in selecting local leaders and community members respectively. Questionnaire survey and key informant interview were used among other methods. Revealed that majority of local political leaders had completed form four level of education. It was found that the local political leaders had a low level of practices (2.4) in the implementation of their roles including the planning, monitoring, feedback, and health and education roles. Furthermore, there was a low level of practice in community sensitisation, advocacy, resource mobilisation, and needs communication to authority. This informs low capacity and understanding of roles in practice. It was concluded that the local political leaders had a low level of practice in the implementation of their roles. Recommended for the need to reform the qualifications and procedures for recruitment of local political leaders through democratic practice of elections.

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  Effectiveness, Local political leaders, Zanzibar and Practice

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  M.S. Fasihi, G.J. Babune, "Effectiveness of Local Government Political Leaders in Implementation of Their Roles in Zanzibar Tanzania," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.7, Issue.7, pp.72-79, 2021

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  Islamic Bioethics: Its Relevance in Contemporary Times with Special Reference to Abortion

  Waseem Akber Baba

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  Vol.7 , Issue.7 , pp.80-82, Jul-2021

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  No doubt life is sacrosanct in Islam, in whatever form it exists. By virtue of its genesis, purposefully by God, life warrants appreciation, protection, and respect. In order to understand the value of life in Islam, one must begin with understanding the essence of life that Islam espouses. The reason being, Islam par excellence could be a source of bioethical principles and develop principles embedded within Islamic tradition rather than as an instrument of justification to principlism, instrumentalist approach. Pertinent to Islamic perspective and bioethics interestingly emerges a question of abortion which has become a highly controversial issue across the globe. This article, besides epistemological concerns, explains the concept of “ensoulment” and its relevance to the question of abortion in specific. Although Islamic jurisprudence essentially proscribes termination of any form of life, the construct of ensoulment, aesthetically, adds dignity to life and elevates life beyond corporeal reality. Further, it establishes a mechanism that allows discontinuation of life contingent on diagnostic affirmations. Thereby, it lays significant foundations for women’s health and, more importantly, draws an ethical distinction between “life” and “non-life”. Such inherent conceptual prudence in Islam highlights its potential relevance to biomedical ethics.

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  Life, Ensoulment, Bioethics, Islam, Abortion

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  Waseem Akber Baba, "Islamic Bioethics: Its Relevance in Contemporary Times with Special Reference to Abortion," International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.7, Issue.7, pp.80-82, 2021