Assessing the challenges associated with project monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded construction projects in Ghana.
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2021-07-06
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Abstract
The construction industry plays a very important role in the provision of social amenities
such as hospitals, schools, highways and other urban infrastructure development. It also
contributes significantly to the GDP of any country. Donors have played a very important
role with regard to social development process across the globe. Donor-funded projects
have been the backbone for many developmental projects in developing countries. To
realise the sustainability of these projects, monitoring and evaluation is very important.
In developing countries such as Ghana, so much importance is attached to donor-funded
projects. Despite this, their output in terms of time, quality and cost remains a concern
for all stakeholders. Based on this, a study was conducted to assess the challenges
associated with project monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded construction projects
in Ghana. Three (3) objectives were put forward to realise the aim. They were; to examine
monitoring and evaluation procedures with donor-funded construction projects in Ghana,
to assess the challenges of monitoring and evaluation with donor-funded construction
projects in Ghana and to explore factors (strategies) for effective monitoring and
evaluation with donor-funded construction projects in Ghana. Quantitative method was
adopted for the study with the distribution of questionnaires. In all, forty (40) respondents
completed the questionnaire. They included, project managers, architects, quantity
surveyors and engineers who have the requisite experience in the field of monitoring and
evaluation. The data obtained was analysed with the aid of the Statistical Package for the
Social Science (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel. Findings from the study depicted that lack
of stakeholder involvement, lack of planning and budgeting and political interference
were the main challenges of project monitoring and evaluation with donor-funded
construction projects in Ghana. It was recommended that the involvement of stakeholders
in monitoring and evaluation should not be taken likely, there should be adequate
planning and budgeting and political interference should be curtailed in the monitoring
and evaluation of donor-funded construction projects in Ghana.
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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 Degree of
Master of Science in Construction Management.
Keywords
Monitoring, Evaluation, Donor-funded, Ghana