Abstract: The study aimed at examine the effects physical resource challenges facing airports and seaports development projects in Zanzibar. However, there was inadequate information on how physical resources determines the performance of airports and seaports development projects in Zanzibar. The study adopted positivism research philosophy, explanatory, and descriptive cross-sectional research designs. Also, quantitative data were collected by the use of questionnaires. The questionnaire was administered to 214 respondents all randomly drawn from the five projects selected in Zanzibar. Multiple linear regression models were used to analyse and test the hypotheses. The study found that the effect of physical resources on the performance has a positive contributed to the performance of airport and seaports development projects. The study recommends that the government should enforce and strengthen the policy on acquisition of physical resources for public development of airport and seaport projects.

Key words. Physical resources, Seaport and Airport, Development projects, Performances

| DOI: 10.17148/IARJSET.2021.8507