Efectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation on achievement of community‑based water projects in Tanzania
| dc.creator | Kabote, S.J | |
| dc.creator | Mgoba, S.A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-25T08:42:39Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-05T07:46:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-08-25T08:42:39Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2020-08-25T08:42:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-08-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Government of Tanzania is struggling to implement water projects throughout the country to ensure that 90% of the population has access to clean and safe drinking water by 2025. While most of the community-based water projects fail to deliver as expected, participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), critical for projects’ achievement, is at an infancy stage. This article determines effectiveness of PM&E on achievement of community-based water projects’ objectives. The article adopted sequential exploratory research design to collect quantitative and qualitative data. A random sample of 120 water users in the government and NGOs funded projects was involved whereby 53.3% were women. Focus group discussions (FGDs) and key informant interviews were used to collect qualitative data. SPSS was used to summarize descriptive statistics. Kruskal–Wallis H test was used to compare median differences between the projects, while qualitative data were subjected to content analysis. Overall, 51.7% of the respondents reported that community-based water projects’ objectives were achieved except capacity building. The projects funded by NGOs recorded high achievement relative to the government funded projects. In addition, PM&E was effective in achieving water projects’ objectives. There was a statistically significant difference in responses between low, medium and high effectiveness of PM&E (P ≤ 0.05). Majority reported high effectiveness, more so for NGOs-funded water projects. The article concludes that PM&E was effective in achieving projects’ objectives except capacity building. Therefore, it recommends strengthening of capacity building for the local communities to manage community-based water projects effectively. This is a policy issue that needs serious efforts at all levels of the government. | |
| dc.identifier | Mgoba, S.A and Kabote, S.J (2020). Efectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation on achievement of community‑based water projects in Tanzania. Applied Water Science, 10(200): 1-13 | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-020-01273-5 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3142 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.costech.or.tz/handle/20.500.14732/100218 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Applied Water Science | |
| dc.subject | Participatory · Project management · Water · Projects · Achievement · Tanzania | |
| dc.title | Efectiveness of participatory monitoring and evaluation on achievement of community‑based water projects in Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Article |