Abstract:
The general objective of the study was to assess the factors influencing the
sustainability of donor-funded projects for youth groups in Tanzania. The Case of
Pan African Youth Enterprises Development (PAYED). The study is guided by
three objectives which were assessing the influence of stakeholders’ involvement in
the sustainability of PAYED program, evaluating the influence of level of funding in
the sustainability of PAYED program, and the influencing of monitoring and
evaluation in the sustainability of PAYED program.
The study adopted a case study design. The study’s population was from PAYED
project beneficiaries and employees. A sample of 166 was recruited through the use
of simple random techniques. Data was collected through the use of questionnaires
and interviews.
Several factors influence the sustainability of donor-funded projects such as
involvement of key stakeholders, such as top-bottom involvement, interactive
participation, and function participation that lead to sustainability of the project.
Moreover, the level of funding of the project is among the key factors that influence
the sustainability of PAYED project hence there has been a steady flow of funds
from donors, a high rate of funding to beneficiaries, and there have been fair
conditions on funding of the project from donors.
Lastly, it has been found that there have monitoring and evaluation of the projects so
to have project sustainability through the implementation of remedial measures to
ensure project sustainability. Also, funds are always distributed accordingly and
information is collected for the evaluation process of the project. Project managers
together with the project management team should come up with other monitoring
and evaluation methods and strategies of decision making to avoid bias problems.
This study also recommends that strategies of evaluating sustainability of projects
should effective by looking on the intended goals of the projects
