Effect of Procurement Practices on Program Performance: The Case of One Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene National Program-Consolidated Account in Ethiopia
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2022-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The aim of this study was to examine to examine the effect of procurement practices on program performance of one water, sanitation, and hygiene national program- consolidated account in Ethiopia. The information was gathered from 126 program contract staff including directors and coordinators working at Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Water and Energy, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Health, and program contract staff working at Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, & Harari Regional States Water, Education, Health & Finance Bureaus, and Dire-Dawa City Administration Water, Education, Health & Finance Bureaus using close-ended & open-ended questionnaires. The study employed mixed methods research approach. Descriptive statistics was utilized using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) programming version 26. Analyzed information indicated that coordination among implementing agencies, procurement planning, lead-time for procurement process, quality of bidding documents/request for proposals, government officials’ and employees' perception, understanding, attention, and turnover, and staff competence were affected program performance. The correlation analysis indicated that all the independent variables have positive relationship with program performance. Based on the analysis of data, conclusions have been drawn and key recommendations have been forwarded to help the program implementing agencies to improve procurement practices of the program. In line with this, implementing agencies have to work towards improving the six procurement practices that will make implementation of the program effective to achieve the program development objectives.
Keywords: community participation, procurement planning, staff competency, lead-time for procurement process, quality of bidding documents/request for proposals, government officials/employees, and program performance