Implementing Project Monitoring and Evaluation Plan with Beneficiaries for Improving Performance: Evidence from Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer

Bernard Katerengabo; Christopher Gakuu; Harriet Kidombo

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Implementing Project Monitoring and Evaluation Plan with Beneficiaries for Improving Performance: Evidence from Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer

Bernard Katerengabo, Christopher Gakuu, Harriet Kidombo

Published in International Journal of Sustainable Development Research (Volume 9, Issue 1)

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The beneficiaries’ involvement in Monitoring and Evaluation is one of the key drivers for the performance of development projects. The Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer is a neediness decrease project carried out in all the districts. The motivation behind the study was to lay out the influence of households’ associations in the implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation plan on the performance of the Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer Project. The study took on a pragmatic paradigm with a blended research design strategy. Yamane formula was used to obtain a sample size of 400 heads of households while eight Village Committees and eight Monitoring Officers were selected by using purposive sampling. Quantitative data was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation and regression models while qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis. The study established a significant influence between households’ involvement in the implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation plan (t= 8.472, p-value =.000) on the performance of the Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer Project. In this manner, it was evidenced that households’ contribution to Monitoring and Evaluation significantly influenced the performance of the Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer Project. It was recommended therefore that the Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer Project Monitoring and Evaluation policy should be reviewed in order to ensure it is people-centered and make it vital for households’ involvement in the Monitoring and Evaluation cycle. The review must define the Monitoring and Evaluation team that is composed of households’ representatives. Further investigations ought to look at the organizational practice of Monitoring and Evaluation and level of use of Monitoring and Evaluation information for further improving performance.

Published in	International Journal of Sustainable Development Research (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsdr.20230901.12
Page(s)	11-17
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Household, Monitoring and Evaluation, Poverty, Performance, Conditional Cash Transfer

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Bernard Katerengabo, Christopher Gakuu, Harriet Kidombo. Implementing Project Monitoring and Evaluation Plan with Beneficiaries for Improving Performance: Evidence from Tanzania Conditional Cash Transfer. Int J Sustain Dev Res. 2023;9(1):11-17. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsdr.20230901.12

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Bernard Katerengabo

Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance Fund, Dodoma, Tanzania
Christopher Gakuu

Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
Harriet Kidombo

Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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