The Challenges of Integrating Monitoring and Evaluation Functions into the Decentralized Development Processes in Selected District Assemblies in Greater Accra Region of Ghana
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M&E, sustainable development, decentralization, value for money, good governance.Abstract
Literature suggests that there is limited integration of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) functions into the policy making process. This is evidenced in policy failure District Assemblies. The results have included an adverse effect on the goals of decentralization and sustainable development in Ghana. This study therefore investigated the challenges that district assemblies face with the M&E function and how these challenges affect the attainment of sustainable development. With respondents purposively selected from the MMDAs in the Greater Accra Region to participate in interviews, the study identified four main challenges: financial constraints; lack of logistics, lack of human capacity and lack of appreciation for M&E. The study concluded that these challenges adversely affect the efficient and effective delivery of services, and negatively affect value for money and good governance at the MMDA levels. The study therefore recommends that there is an urgent need for those problems to be addressed by the state for the country to achieve the gains it needs to meet its sustainable development targets by the year 2057.
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