Monitoring and evaluation
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Date
2006Author
Ogweno, Samuel
Njihia, James Muranga
Mbeche, Isaac M
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ArticleLanguage
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The paper presents findings of a research on the differences in the roles and the relative adoption of
M&E in project management amongst the donor funded and non-donor funded projects in Kenya. The
research involved literature review and random sample survey of 51 projects (26 donor funded and 25
non-donor funded projects) through administration of questionnaires and subsequent analysis of the data
from the project stakeholders respondents.
The results show that the donor funded projects tend to have a more formal approach to M&E than non-donor
funded projects. Non-donor funded projects have short and irregular monitoring schedules and
lower levels of evaluation as compared to the donor funded projects. They were relatively less complex
and of lower quality. The most likely explanation is that lack of evaluation could have attributed to the
lower quality in these projects. The conclusion reached was broad based, and suggests that donor funded
projects give greater emphasis to M&E than their counterparts and are more formal in their approach.
Formal M&E is more critical to them because their projects tend to be larger and more complex - soft,
less deterministic - than private sector or even government projects. Based on the research findings, non-donor
funded projects should intensify and formalize the use of M&E in order to raise project
performance levels and quality. However, important ideological and practical factors must be considered
in any comparative appraisal.
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University of NairobiPublisher
Department of Management Science, University of Nairobi School of Business, University of Nairobi College of Humanities and Social Sicences