| dc.description.abstract | The study focused on the significance of accountability, priority to community needs, capacity of
personnel and incentives on development projects in Mombasa County. The sample of this study
consisted of 100 respondents; 60 of whom were randomly selected beneficiaries drawn from the
eight components of APHIA Plus divisions in Mombasa County and 40 were purposively
selected key informants from the APHIA Plus coast Tudor office Mombasa, including project
officers and coordinators, research and metrics officers, data clerks and program directors. The
data was primarily collected through questionnaires, focus group discussions and interviews.
Analysis of the data was done using descriptive statistics which included frequencies and
percentages. Cross tabulations and chi square tests were also done to show the relationship
between various variables and test the significance of the results based approach variables
respectively. The findings reveal that accountability influences the effectiveness of the Results
based monitoring and evaluation approach with the test statistic given as X2 (2) =30, p>0.05
indicating that there is a relationship between accountability and results based monitoring and
evaluation approach. The findings revealed that transparency and accountability leads to
effectiveness of results based programs. In addition, the results showed that capacity influences
the effectiveness of the Results based monitoring and evaluation system approach with the test
statistic given as X2 (2) =30, p>0.05 indicating that there is a relationship between capacity and
results based monitoring and evaluation approach. The researcher found that developing capacity
of personnel leads to success of results based programs. Furthermore, the results showed that
community needs influences the effectiveness of the Results based monitoring and evaluation
system approach with the test statistic given as X2 (2) =26, p>0.05 indicating that there is a
relationship between community needs and results based monitoring and evaluation approach.
The results of the study revealed that giving priorities to the needs of the community does not
only lead to success of programs but it also leads to sustainable development. Finally, the results
revealed that incentives influence the effectiveness of the Results based monitoring and
evaluation approach with the test statistic given as X2 (2)=28,p>0.05 indicating that there is a
relationship between incentives and results based monitoring and evaluation approach. This
study therefore found that rewards to specific performance by the project stakeholders leads to
success of development projects. In conclusion there is an urgent need for the enhancement of
capacity, community initiatives, partnerships and accountability by project managers and other
stakeholders to increase awareness on the need for results to improve lives of project
beneficiaries and its overall contribution to enhancing national wealth. This study recommends
on the job training of project employees and the formulation of efficient project stakeholders on
effectiveness of results based programs with participation from the public, private and the
community through an integrated project management system. | en_US |
