An Assessment Of Effectiveness Of Working With Consortiums In Development Projects: The Case Of Three Project Consortiums In Ethiopia
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2018-06-02
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This day, there is a developing trend towards working collaboratively with more and more
donors requesting agencies to form consortia. In the literature, there are mixed opinions on
the effectiveness of working with consortiums. This research work investigated the
effectiveness of development project consortiums by employing a multiple case study design.
Quantitative data was collected from 41 respondents from three selected project consortiums
implemented between 2011-2017 in Ethiopia. Data has been processed using SPSS version
20. The study found out that these project consortiums were effective measured by ten
success factors adapted from the ECB consortium country experience and CRS CAFÉ standard.
Assessment of the effectiveness of separate project consortiums revealed that AGP-LMD
project consortium was less effective than GRAD and ASPIRE project consortiums. Out of the
seven project success indicators considered in the study, a great majority of the respondents
assured that the consortiums effectiveness has had high contribution to the achievement of
five project success indicators. However, the study finding shows mixed result on contribution
for two success factors. The implication of the study findings is that, if well-managed
consortiums are a very good project implementation model to address the most critical
development challenges, bringing together complementary expertise of different
organizations and synergy.
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Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships, Consortium, Development projects, Effectiveness, Success Factors, Opportunities & Challenges