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ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS AND OPERATIONAL HINDRANCE OF GURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION IN GURAGE ZONE, ETHIOPIA
(WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2024-04) AMENE WOLDE
This paper emphasized on the assessment of the socio economic impacts and operational hindrance of Gurage development and cultural association in Gurage zone, Ethiopia. Specifically, this study were intended to address the following questions; what was the impact of socioeconomic through Occupation, Education, Income, the increasing household income improved self-help Efforts, GDCA participation increased yield production levels of the community, GDCA works to Promote community into self-help efforts and the involvement of GDCA on agricultural support were analyzed and the operational hindrance variable were GDCA has financial constraints, Are their adequate personnel to implement the program, Low level of community commitments, Low level of government support to GDCA and Political instability and conflict resolution method. To accomplish the objective both primary and secondary sources of data were used as important sources of data. The researchers gathered primary data from the selected respondents through the GDCA members and furthermore, a face-to-face interviews with selected key informants, which were from public sector and GDCA employers. In course of investigation, instrument used were the questionnaire distributed to 395 respondents of which 378 were retrieved. Descriptive and Logit regression methods were followed to get the relationship and impact on the socio economic impacts and operational hindrance with development in Gurage zone. The study has revealed that Occupation, Income, the increasing household income improved self-help Efforts, GDCA participation increased yield production levels of the community and GDCA works to Promote community into self-help efforts have positive significant effect on the development and Low level of community commitments has negative significant effect on the development (welfare). The GDCA operational hindrance was highly affected by financial constraints, shortage of skilled manpower, and low participation of trader in income was challengeable. The government management bodies were not support GDCA as expected. The study recommends that the GDCA participation in development improve the income of the members. The organization should expand the way of gaining fund especially communication with NGO donor increase and also create awareness for traders to pay their responsibility is important.