It is common for donors to have their accountability claims honored while grassroots constituents, the supposed beneficiaries, are increasingly being alienated from the center of project decision-making. This study addresses how Association of Church Development Projects (ACDEP) accounts its actions to project beneficiaries and how both value the accountability mechanisms in practice. The study employed structured open-ended questionnaire and interview and identified key stages of project cycle where ACDEP accounts its actions to beneficiaries. To be effective, the study concludes that ACDEP should uphold downward accountability by adopting key elements that currently do not exist
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