Efectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation on achievement of community‑based water projects in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorKabote, S.J
dc.contributor.authorMgoba, S.A
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-25T08:42:39Z
dc.date.available2020-08-25T08:42:39Z
dc.date.issued2020-08-03
dc.description.abstractThe Government of Tanzania is struggling to implement water projects throughout the country to ensure that 90% of the population has access to clean and safe drinking water by 2025. While most of the community-based water projects fail to deliver as expected, participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), critical for projects’ achievement, is at an infancy stage. This article determines effectiveness of PM&E on achievement of community-based water projects’ objectives. The article adopted sequential exploratory research design to collect quantitative and qualitative data. A random sample of 120 water users in the government and NGOs funded projects was involved whereby 53.3% were women. Focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews were used to collect qualitative data. SPSS was used to summarize descriptive statistics. Kruskal–Wallis H test was used to compare median differences between the projects, while qualitative data were subjected to content analysis. Overall, 51.7% of the respondents reported that community-based water projects’ objectives were achieved except capacity building. The projects funded by NGOs recorded high achievement relative to the government funded projects. In addition, PM&E was effective in achieving water projects’ objectives. There was a statistically significant difference in responses between low, medium and high effectiveness of PM&E (P ≤ 0.05). Majority reported high effectiveness, more so for NGOs-funded water projects. The article concludes that PM&E was effective in achieving projects’ objectives except capacity building. Therefore, it recommends strengthening of capacity building for the local communities to manage community-based water projects effectively. This is a policy issue that needs serious efforts at all levels of the government.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPrivately sponsored by a masters studenten_US
dc.identifier.citationMgoba, S.A and Kabote, S.J (2020). Efectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation on achievement of community‑based water projects in Tanzania. Applied Water Science, 10(200): 1-13en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-020-01273-5
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3142
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherApplied Water Scienceen_US
dc.subjectParticipatory · Project management · Water · Projects · Achievement · Tanzaniaen_US
dc.titleEfectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation on achievement of community‑based water projects in Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttps://rdcu.be/b53PLen_US

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