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Measuring the Level of Community Participation in a Demand Driven Development Project: Case of &i&Hazina Ya Maendeleo Ya Pwani&/i& Approach in Coastal Kenya

机译:测量需求驱动的开发项目中的社区参与水平:Hazina Ya Maendeleo Ya Pwani的案例肯尼亚沿海的进近

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While active participation of beneficiary communities in development initiatives is often considered critical, its value however, cannot be empirically determined without a good measure of the level of community participation. The objective of this study was to determine the level of community participation in the implementation of projects financed through a community grant facility referred in Kiswahili as Hazina Ya Maendeleo Ya Pwani (HMP). The HMP project adopted a Community Driven Development (CDD) approach in engaging coastal communities in development initiatives. The research was carried out at the Kenya coastal region comprising six counties namely, Mombasa, Taita Taveta, Kwale, Kilifi, Lamu and Tana River. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive (frequencies, standard deviation and mean) with the help of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The study revealed that there was a high (2.81) Community Participation Index (COPI) in the overall implementation of the HMP projects signifying a high level of participation. There was a relatively lower COPI during proposal development stage—an indication of lack of skill in proposal development probably due to the high illiteracy level among coastal communities. The study concludes that the CDD approach is effective in actively engaging communities in the implementation of development initiatives. Based on the findings, the study recommends that the CDD approach can be used to develop contextualized strategies of enhancing community participation in development projects. The study also recommends that to optimize community participation in development initiatives, the twin challenge of high levels of illiteracy and inadequate skill in proposal writing among coastal communities needs to be addressed by the County Governments, Non Governmental Organizations and other agencies involved in development work.
机译:虽然通常认为受益人社区积极参与发展倡议至关重要,但是,如果不能很好地衡量社区参与程度,就无法凭经验确定其价值。这项研究的目的是确定社区参与实施由斯瓦希里语中称为Hazina Ya Maendeleo Ya Pwani(HMP)的社区赠款机制资助的项目的水平。 HMP项目采用了社区驱动发展(CDD)方法,以使沿海社区参与发展计划。该研究是在肯尼亚沿海地区进行的,该地区包括六个县,即蒙巴萨,塔塔塔维塔,夸勒,基利菲,拉穆和塔纳河。使用半结构化问卷收集数据,并在社会科学统计软件包的帮助下使用描述性(频率,标准差和均值)进行分析。研究表明,在HMP项目的总体实施中,社区参与指数(COPI)高(2.81),表明参与程度很高。提案开发阶段的COPI相对较低-可能是由于沿海社区的文盲率很高,表明提案开发技能不足。该研究得出的结论是,CDD方法可以有效地使社区积极参与实施发展计划。根据调查结果,研究建议CDD方法可用于制定情境化战略,以增强社区对发展项目的参与。该研究报告还建议,要使社区更好地参与发展计划,县级政府,非政府组织和其他参与发展工作的机构就必须应对文盲率高和沿海社区提案编写能力不足的双重挑战。

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