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    ASSESSING THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN RURAL ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: THE CASE OF GUMMER WOREDA GURAGE ZONE, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2023-11) ZEKIWOS ATFUAYE
    Community participation plays an irreplaceable role in the effectiveness of any development project. This means that no development work at any level can be successful without community participation. Based on that, the main objective of this study is: to examine the role of community participation in road development project in the case of Gummer woreda Gurage zone. The study used a mixed research approach and method of data collection were written questionnaires, interview and document analysis. In order to collect the required data, the study used multi stage sampling technique through this at first stage clustering sampling technique second stage simple random sampling technique and at third stage stratify sample sampling technique were employed. Subsequently, the data has been collected from these 151 samples and from 9 key informants and analyzed by using data analysis methods of descriptive statistics for qualitative research and graph, percentage and cross tabulation data analysis method for quantitative research. Findings show themajority of the respondent agreed that participation of the community in the area of road development is very high and their contribution is manifested in different ways, sharing money, by sacrificing their labor and giving their time to coordinate and managed the project. On the other hand, the result of the study confirm that there are structural, economic and institutional problems that prevent community participation from being effective at the required level, and recommended that to reduce the high cost of bringing select material from distant places, the district government should work with the neighboring districts and zones to produce gravel.
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    COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN URBAN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: THE CASE OF WOLKITE TOWN, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA
    (Wolkite University, 2021-08) FEKADU MERSHA ZELIKU
    Effective community participation is regarded as an important component in development projects since people’s needs are addressed best through participation. The aim of this study was to examine community participation in urban road infrastructure development projects (URIDP) in Wolkite Town, SNNPR. A mixed research approach was adopted whereby data was gathered through questionnaires, key informants interview, focused group discussions and document analysis. A sample of 366 householdheads, 21 focused group participants and 9 key informants were selected utilizing purposive and simple random sampling techniques’ to elicit information for this study. Collected data were analyzed for descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Data obtained from focus group discussion and interviews were analyzed qualitatively, and used for the purpose of triangulation. The study found out that the level of community participation in URIDP was generally low. Additionally it was also indicated that the majority of community members were not aware of their roles and responsibilities in road infrastructure development projects of their locality and that urban residents were generally not actively involved in decision making, planning, monitoring and evaluation processes.Findings also revealed that the institutional structures installed by the municipality to involve communities in local development initiatives especially roads are highly disorganized and unsustainable implying that community participation in road infrastructure development projects was carried out in campaigns and was not well institutionalized in the Town. The major challenges that hinder community participation in road infrastructure development were lack of awareness, poor coordination and communication between local authorities and communities, weak institutional structures and lack of resources. The paper concludes that for effective community participation in urban road development projects, overcoming barriers to participation and promoting more participatory approach was indispensable. It was recommended that building community awareness, strengthening effective cooperation and communication between local leaders and communities and creating enabling institutional structures were essential to realize community participation in urban road infrastructure development in the Study Area.