Drivers and barriers to effective construction project monitoring and evaluation at the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (mmdas) in the greater Accra region
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2021-06-15
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MMDAs play a crucial role to national development. They ensure that orderly development
of infrastructure within their jurisdiction. The study explored the drivers and barriers to
effective project monitoring and evaluation by MMDAs in the Greater Accra Region. The
aim of the study is to identify and evaluate the drivers and barriers faced by the MMDAs in
the implementation of project monitoring and evaluation within their jurisdiction. In order to
achieve the aim, the following objectives were set; to critically examine the project
monitoring and evaluation practice of the assemblies, to identify the drivers to effective
project monitoring and evaluation by the MMDAs, to identify the barriers to effective project
monitoring and evaluation by the MMDAs and to propose the processes required for effective
project monitoring and evaluation by the MMDAs. Literature was reviewed and subsequently
a questionnaire developed to gather data from the relevant respondents from the major
stakeholders in the MMDAs. The data was analyzed by using descriptive statistics which
included normal frequency distribution as well as the relative important index (RII). The study
revealed that monitoring and evaluation of physical development at the MMDAs is key to
addressing problems such as collapse of buildings, flooding, gas explosion, fire outbreak
among others the country has been experiencing. It was revealed again that despite the effort
of the MMDAs, EPA and Fire service departments on the above subject, there exist problems
with monitoring and evaluation of developmental projects by the Assemblies. It was evident
that inadequate logistics for monitoring, inadequate funding or budgetary allocation, lack of
public education on the assembly’s bylaws and weak institutional capacities constituted the
most significant contributing factors to the implementation of monitoring and evaluation
within the MMDAs. The study thus recommended that budget allocation for the departments
responsible for project monitoring and evaluation should me be made available on time to
expedite their works and also the Assemblies should be provided with adequate logistics for
effective project monitoring and evaluation.
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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 fulfillment of the
requirements for the Award Degree of
Master of Science in Construction Management
Keywords
Drivers and barriers, Construction project, monitoring and evaluation, Greater Accra region