Assessing the Socio-Economic Impacts of Construction Infrastructure Performance on Community Development in Tanzania

This study examines the effect of construction infrastructure on community development in Tanzania, taking Arusha, Dar es Salaam, Dodoma, Lindi, Morogooro, Mwanza, Pwani, Shinyanga, Singida, and Tabora regions as our case study. The research project employed the descriptive research method to track the impact of construction infrastructure in the above-mentioned regions. The sampling methods that were conducted in this study are simple random sampling and purposive sampling. The data were imported into IBM’s Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software (version 25.0).  Data analysis in this study primarily employed descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentage. Pearson correlation and multiple regression were also used. Based on study findings, the researcher found that the relationship between construction infrastructure and community development was statistically significant at 0.05. It can be deduced that effective construction projects brings about job creation during construction, increase in local spending, extension of infrastructures, potential for economic diversification, upgraded roads, improvement in public transportation & other utilities, improved access to health care, improved education facilities, government expenditure, improvement in technology, improvement in essential services, and social cohesion. The study recommends that the Central Government and Local Governments of Tanzania should continue developing various construction projects in order to stimulate the economy at the household and national levels. Also, people living around the areas where the projects are located are advised to take advantage of these construction opportunities so that they can improve their living conditions and standards.