Relationship between project benefits and sustainability of activities: a comparative analysis of selected donor-funded agriculture-related projects in Tanzania
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Date
2023
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Kampala International University (KIU)
Abstract
Projects should impact sustainably the people they were created to assist. Unfortunately,
experience shows projects and associated benefits gradually disappear a few years after they are
withdrawn. Against this backdrop, the study examined the relationship between project-related
benefits and the sustainability of project activities for donor-supported projects. Using a
comparative case study design, 274 respondents were sampled proportionately and interviewed
using a questionnaire. Benefits were calculated using income gains from project-initiated
activities. Analysis of variance results shows that the mean incomes were statistically significant
based on sustainability levels, suggesting that the level of sustainability was affected by the
changes in income levels. Hence, it is determined that the sustainability of project activities was
statistically related to project benefits. The practical implication of the results is that local
beneficiaries consider the benefit gains when deciding to engage in project-initiated activities or
not. They disengage when they consider the benefits to be low, which compromises the efficacy
of exit strategies implemented and the eventual sustainability of activities and outcomes. Project
practitioners are encouraged to devise projects whose activities have lucrative economic
benefits and expose local beneficiaries to conditions that maximise the likelihood of getting
well-paid benefits from project activities.
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KIU Interdisciplinary Journal of Humanities and Social
Sciences
Keywords
ANOVA, Community-based projects, Hypothesis testing, Project Benefits, Sustainabilit