Resolving Challenges Related to Local Markets Development in the Dodoma City of Tanzania

George Julius Babune¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.10 , Issue.1 , pp.13-19, Mar-2022

Online published on Mar 31, 2022

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Abstract :
The paper explored the challenges of local markets development in the Dodoma city. It contends that there are managerial challenges related to local markets development that require the attention of actors to benefit from local goods and services. Using a 90 sample size acquired by systematic random sampling procedures, the study employed the cross-sectional design. The qualitative and quantitative data were generated using observation, documentary review, and interviews with sellers, and buyers of Majengo, Sabasaba, and Bonanza Markets. The study found that the markets experience long distance from sources of goods beyond Dodoma region like Shinyanga and Mbeya regions. The existing scarcity of goods in the wet season also contributes to periodical high cost of goods in the city markets. Markets were faced with poor solid and liquid waste management and storage problems despite valuable revenue generated from them. It concluded that markets have a great contribution to the Dodoma city and the general livelihood of the public yet they had received poor infrastructural development, management and high prices of goods resulting from a periodical scarcity. It was recommended that there is need for the Dodoma city authorities to use effectively the Public-Private Partnership in the management of markets and allow the private sector to build and maintain market centres in the wards. This will redistribute the population by establishing other urban market centres that will add on revenue to own source of the Dodoma City adequately and be able to sustain the availability of goods in the markets.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Challenges, Development, Dodoma city & Local markets

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