Factors Influencing Government Project Implementation in Tanzania:

Abstract

It is clear that government projects of a country plays an important role in social, political, and economic stability of an economy. For instance, road transport is still playing an important role in movement of people and freights to and from different parts of the world respectively. The main objective of the study was to investigate the influence of stakeholder’s participation on the implementation of government project in Tanzania. The study was guided by three specific objectives. One was to investigate the influence of stakeholder’s participation on project implementation in Tanzania. Second was to investigate the influence of fund availability on project implementation in Tanzania and lastly was to examine the influence of project team competence on project implementation in Tanzania. The questionnaires data were collected from 60 sample respondent, however, only 42 questionnaires were returned for data analysis. The data was analysed using descriptive statistic, frequencies, graphs and tables. The study findings shows that, project funding influence implementation of government projects in Tanzania to a very great extent and was funded to finance running of projects. Moreover, the finding has indicated that, stakeholder’s participation influenced implementation of government projects in Tanzania to a very great extent and that for any organization to achieve a stated goal it must bring all stakeholders including the community on board. Nevertheless to that, the project team competence was found to influence the performance of the projects to a very great extent. The researcher recommended that, government should provide the necessary resources and facilities for project management without under budgeting. This will facilitate effective implementation of project management.