Title: Sustainable Procurement Specification and Project Performance of Multilateral Development Banks in the Niger-Delta
Authors: Arimie, Biebele Emmanuel
Volume: 9
Issue: 12
Pages: 180-185
Publication Date: 2025/12/28
Abstract:
The Multilateral Development Banks are continuously working on different projects and delivering goods, works and services in diverse areas in the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria with the intention of developing the region to fulfill their mandates as development-based organizations. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between sustainable procurement specification and project performance of Multilateral Development Banks in the Niger-Delta. The study adopted a sequential explanatory mixed-method research design. Primary data were collected through structured questionnaires for both quantitative and qualitative strands. The population comprised 17 MDBs PIUs across six South-South states implementing live projects. Respondents for the quantitative strand included 114 team members of the PIUs, while the qualitative strand engaged three focus groups with 18 participants. The findings reveal that sustainable procurement specification has a relationship with project performance and that sustainable procurement specification is a very vital instrument that influences project time of delivery and host community satisfaction. This study recommends that organizations in both the public and private sectors of developing countries in the world should consider sustainable procurement specification in all their projects as a practical strategy to continuously and sustainably improve on their project performance.