Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Donor Fund Performance by the Government of Rwanda

ABSTRACT 

The major focus of this research is on the Monitoring and Evaluation of Global Fund performance by the Government of Rwanda. The objectives of the study were to determine the role of Monitoring system in assessing the performance of Global Fund project, To know if Evaluation system plays a role in assessing the performance of Global Fund, to identify the relationship M&E and the effective performance of Global Fund, to know if Monitoring and Evaluation informs Decision makers about the strengths and weakness of the project implementation, and finally to know if there are some other mechanism of assessing the performance of foreign funded projects apart from M&E. The study is descriptive in nature; the instruments used for data collection were questionnaires, interview guide and documentation. Questionnaires were good tool used to probe respondents’ views on the subject matter, Since, the researcher was able to inte[view the respondents directly, it provided a chance to record all the information given and provided explanation where necessary. Secondary data too, provided a rich source of data such as organizational structure and departments that are relevant to researcher’s study; this was very instrumental in studying Efficient and effective performance of government foreign funded projects which supplemented the primary data. Data presentation, analysis and interpretation were based on the objectives it should also be noted that the date coflected from respondents were analyzed using a specialized software known as H3M SPSS STATISTICS jS. The conclusk,n was in harmony with objectives of the study and research questions where it was re’vealed that despite other tools that are employed to assess the performance of Global Fund, Monitoring and Evaluation plays a leading role for efficient and effective performance of government projects and thus deserves the lion share,

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter page

DECLARATION A ii

APPROVAL

Supervisor iii

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT vi

LIST OF TABLES xii

ABSTRACT

CHAPTERONE o

THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 0

Background of the Study 0

Statement of the problem 2

Objectives of the study 4

General objectives 4

Specific objectives 4

Research questions 4

Scope of the study

Geographical scope 5

Content scope 5

Theoretical scope 6

Significance of the study 7

Operational Definitions of Key Terms 8

irnpactJhis tells us whether or not we have had an influence on the problem situation we were trying to address, We assess if our strategy was useful, and if it would be worthwhile to replicate the project elsewhere. 8

Relevance: ibis tells us the degree to which the objectives cf the project remain valid as initially planned in our project proposal. It determines whether project interventions and objectives are still relevant, given the needs and priorities of the beneficiaries.

BeneficiarIes’ pdorWes might change over time as a result of social, political, demographic or environmental changes. As a result, on conduslon, a project might not bedeemed to be as lmportant as it was when initiated 8

CHAPTER TWO 10

REVIEW OF RELATED UTERATURE 10

Introduction 10

Theoretical review 10

Theoretical framework 11

Conceptual framework 12

Conceptual Framework 13

Background of M&E System 14

Types of evaluation 18

Phases of the Evaluation Process 19

Advantages of Monitoring and Evaluation 20

Report writing 21

Condusion: these and many other concepts underlying the study field will be reviewed exhaustively and relationships will be identified. The gaps to be filled by this research are highlighted In the background and statement of the study problem In chapter one of this proposal 22

CHAPTER ThREE 23

RESEARCH METhODOLOGY 23

tntroduction 23

This chapter is all about the appropriate methodology that was used to carry out the study. Therefore, the chapter presents the research design, population and sampling procedure, research instruments, data gathering procedure, data analysis of the data from the field of study, ethical consideration as and the

limitation of the study 23

Research design 23

Research Population 23

Target Population 23

Sampling Procedure 25

Research Instrument 26

Primary source of data 26

Questionnaires 26

Interview guide 26

Secondary data 27

Validity and reliability 27

Data Collection Procedure 28

Data Analysis 28

Ethical Considerations 28

Limitations of the Study 29

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA 30

Introduction 30

Analysis and interpretation of data 30

Information background of respondents 30

Before the researcher analyze the role of the Monitoring and Evaluation system visa vis

Efficient and Effective Performance of Global Fund, he first analyzed the Social characteristics of 30

Research questions related to research topic 33

CHAPTER FIVE 69

FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 69

Introduction 69

Findings69

Conclusion 71

Recommendation 72

The Government of Rwanda

Researchers 73

REFFERENCES 74

TEXT BOOKS 74

APPENDICES 77

APPENDIX 1.: APPLICATION FOR CASE STUDY 78

APPENDIX II: LETTER TO RESPONDENTS 79

APPENDIXIII:QUE5TI ONNAIRE 80

APPENDIX IV: TRANSIMATTA LETTER 84

APPENDIX V: CURRICULUM VITAE 85