ABSTRACT This qualitative study examined the impact of literacy projects on the rural poor in Northern Uganda with specific reference to the Rural Education Empowerment Project (REEP), which the Uganda Programme of Literacy for Transformation (UPLIFT) implemented in partnership with Norwegian Baha’i Office of Social and Economic Development (NorSED) from 2007 to 2009. The study considered literacy as the independent variable and the impact of the project on the rural poor as its dependent ...
Abstract The study examined how institutional factors affect the quality of project evaluations in non- governmental organizations. It was guided by three research objectives, that is, the influence of management strength, staff competence and resource management on the quality of project evaluation at FHI360. The study used a cross-sectional survey design with a qualitative-focused but mixed method inquiry. The study population involved project team leaders, M&E staff and project implementa...
ABSTRACT Performance contracting introduction to government ministries and agencies was aimed at improving service delivery. In 2006, Directorate of Co-operatives adopted and implemented performance contracting however; its performance on service delivery remains unsatisfactory. The main objective of the research was to analyze performance contracting and service delivery at Directorate of Co-operatives in Nairobi County. The specific objectives were to assess performance contracting process,...
ABSTRACT Conditional cash transfers are increasingly becoming a best practice in the social sector for developing countries. In 2004, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Cash Transfer was introduced on pilot basis in Kenya. This was in response to the impact of HIV/Aids on children. A study carried out by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2006) show poverty rates tend to be higher among vulnerable groups such as children (53.5%), including orphans and vulnerable children (54.1%). Kenya’s Cas...
ABSTRACT Monitoring and evaluation systems allow for project activities to be measured and analyzed. Unfortunately, there is often a gap in the design of M&E systems; generation of information during the process of M&E and use of this information in future designs. The purpose of this study was to establish the factors influencing performance of M&E systems of NGOs in Lira District. The study was guided by the following research objectives: To determine how M&E structure influenced the perfor...
ABSTRACT This study set out to ascertain the factors affecting utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation findings in implementation of Malaria Control Programmes. Its objectives included identifying the implementation factors, decision factors and community factors that affected utilization of Monitoring and Evaluation findings in implementation of Malaria Control Programmes. The study used a survey design in which questionnaires were administered to 120 employees from Monitoring and Evaluatio...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the factors that affect data quality in UHMG-supported private clinics in Kampala District. The objectives of the study were: to examine the effect of internal factors on data quality in UHMG-supported private clinics; to find out how external factors affect data quality in UHMG-supported clinics and to find out how data quality can be improved in UHMG-supported private clinics. Specific emphasis was put on the effect of internal factors as well as exte...
ABSTRACT Donor countries are concerned about development practices in the developing countries where much of the financial and technical investment has been done with little change. One of the causes the donors identified was under-reporting of project impact on people’s lives. The donors resolved during the Paris Declaration of 2005 that development organizations should use resultsbased management approach to implement projects. The purpose of the study was to examine factors affecting the...
ABSTRACT The study to establish the relationship between Evaluation Capacity Development (ECD) processes and Organisational Learning (OL) in Ugandan Municipal Local Governments (LGs) was influenced by the Organisational Learning theory (Argyris & Schön, 1978) and used a cross sectional survey design that adopted mixed methods on 62 (sixty two) respondents from four Municipal LGs, two central government ministries and one agency. The researcher employed a questionnaire survey, key informant i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of the role of public sector monitoring and evaluation in promoting good governance in Uganda, with a focus on the Ministry of Local Government. Specifically, the study sought to: examine the effective role of M&E Accountability, M&E Management Decision, M&E Organisational Learning in promoting good governance, draw lessons from practice and provide recommendations to better inform the implementation strategy of M&E in the Mi...
ABSTRACT This study examined the extent to which the identified determinants influence the effective utilization of routine health information in the private health facilities in Kampala. The study was based on the following research objectives: to describe how technical determinants influence utilization of routine health information in private health facilities in Kampala; to determine how organizational determinants influence utilization of routine health information in private health faci...
ABSTRACT The research focused on the influence of decentralized policy management and performance of deconcetrated structures in the Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda with a case study of Water and Sanitation Development Facility-North. It covered a selected number of districts of Lango sub-region in northern Uganda namely, Oyam, Apac, Dokolo, Lira and Amolatar. The performance was the dependent variable with decentralized policy management being the independent variable (i.e. measu...
The study examined the relationship between organizational learning culture and utilization of evaluation results in international development agencies taking Heifer International Uganda as a case study. The study interrogated organizational learning culture in terms of senior leadership support, staff capacity and structural support system with an interest of finding out how each of these influences utilization of evaluation results at Heifer International Uganda. In an effort to answer the ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the use of contract management practices on performance of the road construction projects in Wakiso district. The objectives of the study were: to examine the role of monitoring intensity in enhancing performance of the road construction projects in Wakiso district; to analyze the relationship between risk management and performance of the road construction projects in Wakiso district; and, to assess the role of evaluation in enhancing performance of the road const...
ABSTRACT This study sought to examine the influence of institutional systems-related factors on the performance of national NGOs in Sudan with a particular focus on Sibro Organization. Specific emphasis was put on investigating the effect of financial management and human resources on organizational performance as well as establishing the relationship between strategic leadership and performance. The study applied a correlational research design in a case study involving both qualitative and ...