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Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Practices for Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation, and their Limitations: A Case of Coffee Farming Households in Southwestern Uganda

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Effectiveness of Climate change adaptation programmes and projects is anchored in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) approaches. A Qualitative study was therefore conducted in Ntungamo district, southwestern Uganda to: i) establish the PM&E practices used by the district Local Government (LG) on programs in enhancing climate change adaptation among coffee farming households, ii) identify the bottle necks in PM&E practices for interventions focused on improving climate change adaptations among coffee farming households in the district. The study was guided by Citizen’s theory of Involvement. A Key Informant guide was administered to 12 key informants from LG Administration and Agriculture Departments. Data were analyzed thematically.  Results showed that Ntungamo LG was using participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation as the PM&E practices to enhance climate change adaptation among coffee farming households. The study also identified several challenges facing PM&E at LG level, including: – lack of an M&E Department, lack of training in M&E, data accuracy issues, poor dissemination of findings, limited extension support, insufficient funding and low farmer participation. LG’s should therefore develop strategies to address these challenges in order to adequately enhance climate change adaptation among coffee farming households.

Digital Integration and Institutional Trust: The Mediating Role of E-Government Transparency in Enhancing Citizen Satisfaction

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: Digital transformation in local governance has increasingly been positioned as a catalyst for building public trust and enhancing citizen satisfaction. However, empirical evidence on how digital integration translates into trust-based outcomes through transparency mechanisms remains underexplored, particularly in developing-country contexts. This study examines the mediating roles of e-government transparency and institutional trust in linking digital integration to citizen satisfaction within decentralized governance structures.

Using data from 280 active users of integrated digital services in Malang City, Indonesia, collected between August and September 2025, this research employs Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to test a sequential mediation model. Findings reveal that digital integration significantly enhances e-government transparency (β = 0.51, p < 0.001), which in turn fosters institutional trust (β = 0.48, p < 0.001). Institutional trust emerges as the strongest predictor of citizen satisfaction (β = 0.62, p < 0.001), with full mediation confirmed via bootstrapping.

The study contributes to digital government literature by demonstrating that technology-enabled transparency functions as a trust-building mechanism rather than merely an information disclosure tool. Theoretically, the research extends trust-based governance frameworks by positioning e-government transparency as an interactive accountability interface that bridges technological capability and citizen confidence. Practically, the findings suggest that local governments should prioritize digital platforms that enable real-time monitoring, two-way communication, and responsive feedback systems to cultivate sustained institutional trust.

Government Internal Control System and Quality of Financial Statements in West Aceh Regency, Indonesia

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of the Government’s Internal Control System (SPIP) on the quality of presentation of Financial Statements in West Aceh Regency. The sample in this study were employees at the Regional Financial Management Agency (BPKD) of West Aceh Regency, totaling 25 respondents. The data used in this study were obtained by distributing questionnaires. The data analysis used in this study was simple linear regression analysis using SPSS 25. The results showed that the government’s internal control system affected the quality of the presentation of financial statements at BPKD of West Aceh Regency. The better the internal control system implemented by the authorized apparatus, the better the quality of the presentation of financial reports and government accountability in budget management.