Abstract: The study seeks to develop a practical implementation blueprint for ensuring successful project completion in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nigeria, through the adoption of effective Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) strategies. The instantaneous value addition is to prevent project abandonment by NDDC in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The study, in doing this, conducted a critical review of 135 peer-reviewed empirical studies on M&E. Findings of the critical review were utilized to develop a practical project monitoring and evaluation(M&E) blueprint, for instance, a certain project M&E-blueprint was developed and comprised of Six (6) practical and interconnected.....
Keywords: monitoring and evaluation, blueprint, critical review, project abandonment
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