Abstract: Rwamagana is one of the districts that have attracted many donor funded projects in Rwanda. The question that this study sought to answer is why are these donor funded projects are not delivering the expected results or benefits to the recipient community? And this will be guided by answering the questions of what are the structural patterns affecting performance of these donor funded projects and how do these structural patterns impact the performance of donor funded projects in Rwamagana district by focusing on Rural Sector Support Project as one of the donor funded projects operating in Rwamagana district. The general objective of the study was to assess the impact of structural patterns on the performance of donor funded projects in Rwamagana district. The study used a survey research design. The target population of the study was made of 46 employees of Rural Sector Support Project in Rwamagana district and other project’s staff located at the head office at Kigali as they have the information relevant to this study. The researcher preferred to use a census since the population under this study was quite small. The data collected were well examined and checked for completeness and comprehensibility. They were summarized, coded and tabulated. Means, standard deviation and frequency distribution statistical methods were used to analyze data. Data presentation was done by the use of frequency tables for ease of understanding and interpretations. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to execute simple linear regressions. Regression and correlation analysis were used to describe the impact of structural patterns on performance of Rural Sector Support Project. The researcher concluded a strong relationship between funds disbursement and performance of Rural Sector Support Project. Furthermore; the researcher concluded a significant relationship between competence of project implementers and performance of Rural Sector Support Project. Finally; the researcher concluded a significant relationship community involvement and performance of projects. The researcher recommend the project team and project managers elaborate and timely put in place the project budget so as to ensure that all tasks and activities are carried out within the expected time frame and this will ensure the project performance. The researcher recommend the project owners and managers to recruit the team that is experienced in implementation of donor funded projects because these projects are associated with a very risky and changing environment which needs special working experience to deal with it. Since this study focused on structural patterns and performance of donor funded projects in Rwamagana district, the research only investigated issues related to the subject matter of the study, however a few areas for further research were identified and the researcher suggest the same study to be carried on different donor funded projects outside of Rwamagana district so as to support or contract the findings of this study.
Keywords: Structural patterns, Performance of donor funded projects.
Title: THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL PATTERNS ON PERFORMANCE OF DONOR FUNDED PROJECTS IN RWAMAGANA DISTRICT: A CASE STUDY OF RURAL SECTOR SUPPORT PROJECT
Author: Allan Matsiko, Dr. Patrick Mulyungi
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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