Stakeholder Involvement and Performance of Poverty Eradication Projects in Uganda: A study of NAADS

Projects in Mukono District

Presented at the 10th ORSEA Conference, University of Nairobi, October 16-18, 2014

ByHassan B., Kusemererwa C., Ssekakubo j., Ntayi J M. and

Ngoma.MMUBS

Introduction

Conceptual frame work and objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusion and managerial implication

The government set up various projects to eradicate poverty in line with the MDGs

◦ Entandikwa sheme (small business startups)◦ National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS)◦ Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF)◦ Bona Bagaggawale (prosperity for all)

The projects have however registered 60% failure rate, with some projects in some districts registering 100% failure (Auditor general’s report of 2008 and 2012)

Consequently, the poverty level has remained high with

over 31% of the population still living below a dollar a

day.

Studies on NAADS projects are silent about stakeholder

involvement

This study therefore bases on stakeholder theory to

argue that low normative stakeholder involvement in

NAADS projects could provide a better explanation to

this phenomena.

Stakeholder Involvement

Involvement by Role

Involvement by Setting

Project Centrality

Project performance

•Scope•Cost •Project quality•Project objectives

• Cross sectional, positivistic and correlation designs.

• Using Bartlet et.al (2001) table, a sample of 323 out of

a population of 2,062 projects

• Multi-stage random sampling

• 356 Farmers and 14 project coordinators were

selected

• Adapted existing validated instruments

• Pre-tested instrument

• Reliability tests were conducted for the instruments

• SPSS V16 was used for data analysis

Construct Measure Reliability

(Cronbach Alpha)

Involvement by Role

Kanungo (1982) 0.915

Involvement by Setting

Kanungo (1982) 0.753

Project Centrality

Kanungo (1982)

0.875

Project performance

Dvir et al. (2006); Kerzner (2006); Bryde ( 2005)

0.845

Mean SD 1 2 3 4Role(1) 4.2281 0.5725 1.00

Setting(2) 3.7342 0.9092 .394** 1.00

Centrality(3) 3.8633 0.6532 .441** .341** 1.00

Performance of NAADS Projects (6)

3.6718 0.4669 .413** .464** .441** 1.00

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).

Variable Model1 Model 2 Model 3 Collinearity Statistics

β β β Tolerance VIF

(constant) 2.079 1.912 1.615 Na naAge 0.031 0.023 0.03 0.92 1.087Gender -0.026 -0.023 -0.038 0.909 1.1

Marital status -0.01 -0.008 0.009 0.94 1.064

Number of years worked0.076 0.076 0.069 0.933 1.071

education 0.021 0.016 0.014 0.972 1.029Role 0.307** 0.198** 0.121** 0.947 1.056Setting 0.18** 0.154** 0.84 1.19Centrality 0.184** 0.76 1.316R 0.444 0.584 0.592 Na naR square 0.197 0.3 0.351 Na naAdjusted R square 0.18 0.283 0.332 Na naF- statistics 11.428 17.049 18.707 Na naSign. .000 .000 .000 Na naR square change 0.103 0.05 Na naF Change Statistic 46.769 40.953 21.512 Na naSig. F-Change .000  .000 Na na

• The correlation and regression models show that stakeholder involvement strongly and positively correlates with and predict performance of NAADS projects.

• At the policy level, there is need to increase project involvement by role, setting and project centrality of stakeholders of NAADS projects by ensuring that project coordinators consult and discuss with farmers the activities they can best carryon in order to build primary stakeholders interest and emotional attachment to NAADS projects

It was a cross sectional study

Concentrated on stakeholders of NAADS in

Mukono district

Thank you