INFLUENCE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES ON PERFORMANCE OF WORLD BANK FUNDED PROJECTS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
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The aim of the study was to establish the influence of monitoring and evaluation practices on performance of World Bank projects in Nairobi County, Kenya. This study used a descriptive research design. The target population of this study was 51 World Bank projects in Nairobi County. The study adopted a census and semi structured questionnaires which were used to collect data primary data from the targeted respondents. Qualitative data was coded thematically and then analyzed by use of thematic content analysis. Quantitative data was analyzed by use of both inferential and descriptive statistics with the help of statistical software known as Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 22). The results were presented using tables. The study concluded that monitoring and evaluation planning, training, tools and reporting have a positive and significant effect on performance of world banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study established that monitoring and evaluation planning is recognized as one of the key apparatuses for the accomplishment of project goals. The study established that projects require distinctive monitoring and evaluation tools relying upon the working setting, executing office limit and prerequisites. The projects require many instruments and procedures to be used to help extend administration tools and systems; project initiation tools and strategies; project administration planning apparatuses and methods; project administration implementing tools and strategies; and project administration monitoring and controlling devices and strategies. The study recommended that the utilization of M&E reports is central to the performance and sustainability of a project. The study recommended that for effective utilization of monitoring and evaluation results for continuous improvement and quality of performance in projects. Monitoring and evaluation results can be used in ways such as involvement in decision making of the project, redesigning of the project, strengthening / improvement, advocacy for additional resources, program intervention of the project and project control.
Key Words: planning, tools, training, reporting, monitoring and evaluation
CITATION: Mwangi, S. W., & Moronge, M. (2019). Influence of monitoring and evaluation practices on performance of World Bank funded projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 377 – 393.
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