Can funded development projects be sustainable? The case of Limpopo IDC Nguni cattle development project, Limpopo Province, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorMakombe, Godswill
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T05:04:17Z
dc.date.available2022-04-29T05:04:17Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.description.abstractThe typical cases of funded development projects are donor-funded. One of the major problems faced by donor-funded projects is that after the withdrawal of donor funding, the projects are not sustainable. Literature has identified some of the factors that cause lack of sustainability including low stakeholder ownership and commitment, lack of understanding of community context, lack of community empowerment, leadership, technology choice, and over-ambitious objectives. I use the social constructivist approach to study the Limpopo IDC Nguni Cattle Development Project in Limpopo Province of South Africa which I got in contact with through student supervision. The project is based on a livestock pass-on system using the indigenous Nguni cattle. The objectives of the project are to reintroduce the Nguni cattle to their original owners, to contribute to livelihoods, to alleviate poverty, and to contribute towards food security. I collected data from three key informants who have been involved with project formation and management and are still involved with it. I collected data through recorded interviews and analyzed them using thematic analysis. I concluded that this project, not only demonstrates the ability of the government to take over projects from donors and run them successfully/sustainably, but it also provides a model of how this can be done. The critical question is: Can the projects for which this model is appropriate be identified a priori as this would increase their sustainability.en_US
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_US
dc.description.librarianhj2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqren_US
dc.identifier.citationMakombe, G. (2022). Can Funded Development Projects Be Sustainable? The Case of Limpopo IDC Nguni Cattle Development Project, Limpopo Province, South Africa. The Qualitative Report, 27(4), 920-936. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.4803.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1052-0147 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2160-3715 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.46743/2160-3715/2022.4803
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/84960
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNova Southeastern Universityen_US
dc.rightsCopyright 2022: Godswill Makombe and Nova Southeastern University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectKey informantsen_US
dc.subjectDonoren_US
dc.subjectFunded projectsen_US
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectQualitative methodsen_US
dc.subjectInterviewen_US
dc.titleCan funded development projects be sustainable? The case of Limpopo IDC Nguni cattle development project, Limpopo Province, South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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