Effectiveness of community development assistance in a decentralised entity in Rwanda: case of Gicumbi district.

Abstract

This research aimed at assessing the effectiveness of the community development assistance in a decentralized entity in Rwanda exploiting the Paris Declaration Principles Indicators on Aid Effectiveness. The research has been carried out at one of decentralized entities (Gicumbi District) because it is at that level the community development activities are implemented, and challenges related to Paris declaration on Aid effectiveness are specifically signaled. Mixed qualitative and quantitative philosophy, inductive approach and case study strategy have been adopted; using documentary techniques and semi-structured interviews, complemented with nominal group technique with staff-members of Gicumbi District. Data analysis used essentially the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and nominal group technique. The findings are that Paris Declaration Principles’indicators are being achieved at Gicumbi District level, hence, the community development aid effectiveness can be determined. The challenges may be managed because they are related to the management functions not efficiently carried on and the implementation approach as project which may be refined in Programme-Based Approaches (PBA’s) pooling together the scattered projects in one programme to help trickle down enough impacts.