Social-Cultural Environment and Performance of Donor Funded Health Projects in Kenya
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Date
2020
Authors
Mobegi, Jones Ong’era
James, Rosemary
Sang, Paul
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Publisher
European Scientific Institute
Abstract
This study provides an empirical investigation on the effect of the
social-cultural environment; local community literacy levels, support from
local communities, language, and corruption levels on the performance of
donor-funded health projects in Kenya. Empirical evidence indicates that most
donor-funded health projects in Kenya experience time and cost overruns as
well as quality issues. This study investigated a population of 69 donor-funded
health projects that were initiated between 2008 and 2018 and were ongoing
during the study period. A census study was conducted to ensure efficiency,
representativeness, reliability, and flexibility since the population was small.
The study adopted explanatory and descriptive research designs. Regression
results indicated that language, support from the local communities, and the
level of literacy in the local communities had positive relationships with the
performance of donor-funded health projects in Kenya with coefficients of
0.021, 0.045, and 0.042 respectively. These factors were significant at a 5
percent significance level with p-values of 0.018, 0.019, and 0.047
respectively. Corruption levels had a negative relationship with the
performance of donor-funded health projects in Kenya with a coefficient of -
0.031 that was significant at a 5 percent significance level with a p-value of
0.013. The study recommends that the government develops policies and
frameworks that will help projects to minimize the negative effects of the
social-cultural environment and enhance the positive effects, and that all
decision-makers and other donor-funded health project stakeholders devise
policies and strategies for controlling the effect of the social-cultural
environment on the donor-funded health projects.
Description
A research article published in European Scientific Journal
Keywords
Social-cultural, Donor, Funded, Projects, Environment, Performance
Citation
Mobegi, J. O., James, R., & Sang, P. (2020). Social-Cultural Environment and Performance of Donor Funded Health Projects in Kenya. European Scientific Journal, ESJ, 16(19), 558. https://doi.org/10.19044/esj.2020.v16n19p558