| dc.description.abstract | A lot has been written and said in praise for the increase in funding of the roads sector as
an answer to the desired state of the roads in the country. The majority of developing countries
heavily rely on donor funds for the improvement of the road infrastructure. However
observations of the road development projects that are funded by the donors have a lot amiss.
Therefore little is known about the effects of donor funding requirements on the implementation
of road development projects.
This study examines the effect of donor funding requirements on the implementation of
road development projects in Uganda National Roads Authority. A sample of 64 respondents
comprising of Directors, Project Managers, Station Engineers and Project Engineers was chosen
using purposive sampling. The objectives of the study were; (i) to examine the effects of donor
procurement requirements on implementation of road development projects (ii) to examine the
effect of donor legal requirements on the implementation of road development projects (iii) to
examine the effect of donor financial performance requirements on the implementation of road
development projects and (iv) to establish the relationship between donors funding requirements
and implementation of road development projects in Uganda.
The research used cross sectional survey design methodology. The research largely
applied a quantitative method for data collection, whereby structured questionnaires were
designed and administered to the respondents. Documentary review was used to get qualitative
data. Secondary data from various sources was also used.
The research findings revealed that donor funding requirements positively affect
implementation of road development projects. The research findings indicated that; procurement,
legal and financial requirements affected project implementation by 37.1%, 23.7% and 15.6%
respectively of donor funded projects in UNRA. The research findings also indicated that donor
funding requirements were followed in UNRA. However, the research findings indicated that
road projects were not completed on time, road projects were not allocated all the required funds,
there was low absorption of donor project funds, the cost of completed road projects were much
higher than the initial contract price and donor requirements did not lead to the development of
the local contractors.
The study recommends that UNRA should ensure that debt funded projects are
implemented on schedule and according to work-programs to avoid payment of excess
commitment fees on un-utilized funds. The Government should also budget adequate counterpart
funding requirements for all loans procured and the evaluation of projects by the donors using
internal rate of return (IRR) needs to be revised since the areas where some projects are located
may not have major economic returns at the time of evaluation or in the near future to come. | en_US |
