Financing Donor Projects: trends, challenges and opportunities
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2021-05-31
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Abstract
Many developing countries have had to rely on donor support to facilitate development in their
countries. In recent times Ghana has moved to a middle-income status, suggesting
improvements in living conditions. This change in status may have implications on size of
funding and the nature of donor support to the country. Available literature on development
projects supported by donors have not always been successful. However, fewer studies have
been conducted in the Ghanaian context, especially in the area of socio-economic sectors. This
study examined the trends of financing by donors (precisely, Department for International
Development (DFID)) and investigated challenges associated with donor funded projects in
Ghana. In addition, the study uncovered other opportunities for funding development projects
in Ghana. Using thematic analysis, six key challenges (themes) emerged, namely: inadequate
time to implement and yield benefits of project, issues of finance, variance in realities of
implementation and proposed plan, aligning donor priorities with government/NGO priorities,
lack of commitment and limited capacity. Inter-donor/beneficiary coordination and
sustainability planning emerged as the main themes as a strategy to improve donor funded
project. The study recommended that to sustains the gains of projects it is important for donors
to coordinate among themselves and embed sustainability in the design of programmes. The
theoretical and practical implications of these findings have been discussed.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and
Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Kumasi
in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award degree of Master of Science in Project Management,
Keywords
Financing Donor Projects, Trends, Strategies, Challenges, Social Sectors, Economic Sectors, Developing Countries