Factor Affecting the Implementation of Donor Funded Projects: The Case of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
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2022-09
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Addis Ababa University
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The study targeted identifying the factors affecting the implementation of the donor-funded project at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Project implementation is placing the project plan into activities to produce deliverables, products, or services for the beneficiaries or the donors. The study had carried out using an explanatory research design. The target population of the study was ILRI staff implementing donor-funded projects. The research sought to examine the success of project implantation with the five independent variables being project planning and scheduling, program/project manager competencies, project stakeholder involvement, project monitoring, and evaluation, and project communication management. The questionnaires had distributed to the team members and individuals working directly on projects and pool staff supporting the project. Quantitative data collected using a questionnaire were analyzed using explanatory statistics and linear regression analysis with the aid of SPSS version 25. The key findings from the study show that project/program managers' competency, project monitoring and evaluation, and project communication management has a positive and statistically significant relationship with successful project implementation. Project planning and scheduling is a positive but insignificant relationship with successful project implementation. However, project stakeholder involvement is negatively and insignificantly related to successful project implementation. From the findings, the researcher recommends that ILRI work towards continuous development and training of program/project managers to improve their knowledge and performance. ILRI should also prepare a guidance manual or handbook for project monitoring and evaluation to adopt best practices to improve project success. In addition, ILRI should pursue the development of project communication management for successful project implementation. Finally, the study recommends that ILRI follow up for on-time completion of project planning and scheduling.
Key Words: Successful project implantation, planning, and scheduling, stakeholder involvement, monitoring and evaluation, and communication management, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)