Challenges of Project Implementation in Local Government: The case of Francistown City Council and Kweneng District Council

Thabile A. Samboma ()
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Thabile A. Samboma: Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

No 59, Working Papers from Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

Abstract: Botswana is faced with many challenges of project implementation. Since independence detailed projects and programmes were initiated, with limited and often less developed state capacity to implement them. This study focuses on challenges of project implementation in Botswana’s tier of local government. A qualitative case research method approach was employed to undertake the study. Telephonic interviews were conducted with politicians and employees from Francistown City Council (FCC) and Kweneng District Council (KDC) and data was analysed using thematic analysis. The paper outlines project implementation challenges in Local Authorities (LA). For instance, lack of capacity, lack of commitment by the District Development Committee (DDC), poor stakeholder engagement and lack of financial autonomy by councils. Some of the identified implementation challenges are not peculiar to the two LAs but cuts across local authorities in Botswana. However, low human capacity in local authorities was cited as a major problem in project implementation.

Keywords: Project implementation; Local government; Local authority (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2019-03
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