Microfinance co-operatives (MFCs) are increasingly accessing loans from other financial institutions to finance their lending activities. However, knowledge about the association between loans from other institutions and MFCs’ performance is limited. Therefore this paper contributes to the...

This book presents an analytical history of marketing cooperative movements in Tanzania from the pre-independence period to the present. It argues that the history of marketing cooperatives in Tanzania has been characterized by successive failure, frustrations and challenges. The author examines...

The purpose of the study was to establish the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for the primary Agricultural Marketing Co-operatives Societies (AMCOS) at Rombo District in Tanzania. Specifically, the study aimed to establish factors that members perceive to be critical to their success, and to...

This study analysed co-operative members’ willingness to pay (WTP) for health insurance. The social capital theory was adopted to analyse the mediation role of trust issues on other variables determining co-operative members’ WTP for health insurance. A single Contingent Valuation Method...

As far as the development of co-operative societies in Tanzania is concerned, it is important to study not only the history of co-operative societies, but also history of Co-operative Education (CE). History ascertains ways through which CE has been featured in the development of Co-operative...