Factors Affecting the Performance of Civil Society Organizations in Addis Ababa: The case of Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-City
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess factors affecting the performance of civil society organizations in
Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-City, Addis Ababa. To achieve the objective of this study, a mixed research
design with concurrent triangulation procedure was applied. Conversely, 204 respondents were
involved thorough purposive and simple random sampling. Accordingly, the employees of agency for
civil society organizations, NGOs and project signatory government bodies were selected thorough
purposive sampling. Where as the beneficiary respondents were selected by simple random sampling
method. Quantitative data were gathered through survey from employees of agency for civil society
organizations, employees of NGOs, project signatory government bodies and the beneficiaries of the
projects. Qualitative data were gathered through interview guide from key informants. The researcher
used descriptive statistics and triangulation to analyze the data. Additionally, Chi-square crosstabulation correlation test was applied to assess correlation between the perception of the
beneficiaries and socio demographic variables. Furthermore, data were gathered from both primary
and secondary sources. The finding of the research shows that, regulatory government bodies were
the primary source of factors that affects the performance of CSOs. Accordingly, the core
performance hindering factors related to the regulatory government offices were, poor service
delivery, poor participation, weak accountability, lack of skilled man power, lack of transparency,
politicization of CSOs, weak awareness towards the projects of CSO, and corruption. Furthermore,
lack of fund, poor cooperation with other CSOs and Medias, misusage of aids by beneficiaries, poor
participation of stakeholders, absence of strategic plan within CSOs, and lack of common
understanding towards the legal framework were also the core factors that affects the performance
of CSOs. On the Other hand, the attitude/perception of employees of agency for civil society
organizations and the beneficiaries towards the contribution of the projects of CSOs comprise both
positive and negative outlooks. But, cumulatively the attitude/perception of employees of agency for
civil society organizations was positive. Inversely, the contribution of the development projects of
CSOs was perceived as poor by the project beneficiaries. In contrast, level of income and sex has
significant association with the attitude/perception of the beneficiaries. But, religion, level of
education, and age has no significant association with the attitude/perception of the beneficiaries.
Moreover, the level of participation of stakeholder’s towards development projects of CSOs was at
infant stage. Finally, recommendations were provided for government bodies, policy makers,
academicians, non-governmental organizations, donors and local communities to push CSOs to start
the projects with identification of basic needs of the target communities and to due consideration for
the priority of the target communities and the government.