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    CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON LOCAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF TEMBARO WOREDA, KAMEBATA TEMBARO ZONE, SNNPRS, ETHIOPIA
    (2020-06) ATINKUT ABEBE
    The purpose of this study was to assess challenges of community participation in local development at selected kebele of Tembaro woreda. Descriptive research design was used. Qualitative and quantitative approaches of research were employed. Both primary and secondary source of data were used. Systematic and purposive sampling techniques were employed to select respondents. Data were collected by using survey questionnaire from 184 sample community respondents, interview conducted with selected government officials and kebele administrators, FGDs held with selected community representatives. A descriptive method was employed to analyze the collected data. The findings shows that challenges of appropriate awareness creation, absence of convincing community mobilizing approach, absence of all inclusive participatory approach, over reporting of few development success, weak institutional frame work, gender discrimination, illiteracy, low social cooperation and low personal income are some of major challenges that greatly hampered active community participation in development program that result on poor community involvement at grass root level. As result of low level of community participation, most of local development decisions were passed based on small unrepresentative interest group and local leaders interest and also several community based local development programs were failed to be implemented. Thus it is recommended that local government authority should strengthen its institutional capacity, enhance community awareness creation on community participation and its importance, develop convincing community mobilizing approach, develop culture of all inclusive participatory problem identification and decision making, and regularly aware community on social and cultural obstacles in order to enhance community participation on development program at grass root level. And also all community members should voluntarily work in collaboration with local government authority and others development actors to make local development program successful and sustainable.
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    HE ROLE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN FIGHTING URBAN LAND CORRUPTION: THE CASE OF ARBA MINCH TOWN, IN GAMO GOFA ZONE, SNNPRS, ETHIOPIA
    (2019-02) ABINET MAJORE KELELE
    This study explored the role of community participation in fighting urban land corruption in Arba Minch town. The study considered households from purposively selected three kebeles of the study area, employees and officials from Arba Minch town land administration sector in GamoGofa Zone SNNPRS. Purposive and systematic sampling techniques were employed to select samples from total population. A total of 240 respondents were participated in this study. A self-administered questionnaire, interview, focused group discussion and document analysis were used. Three kebeles namely: Edigetber, Gurba and Kulfo were participated in the study. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and T-test. The findings of the study indicated that; regarding drivers of urban land corruption: absence of land records, greediness of officials and lack of public concern, inability to maintain a given standard of living, inadequate land laws and procedures, lack of punitive measures, unclear delineation of state and private land, the weakness of justice system, poor incentive to employees, lack of awareness about anti-corruption laws were identified. Concerning challenges of institutional arrangement of land administration sector in fighting land corruption: lack of clear objective, availability of partiality, vagueness of transparency in the institution, in adequate employees readiness to be against corruption, lack of good governance within the institution, conflicts arise during sharing of incentives, lack of incentives for better performances of the workers, lack of regular follow up of performance, absence of norms of the institution in which performers are responsible and accountable on their duty. Regarding consequences of land corruption: failing to keep the interest of society, illegal transfer of land, lack of quality in services, disregard for officials, illegal land use certificate granting, inadequate land compensation, displacement of citizens were identified. Finally concerning the ways of community participation thecommunity was not effectively participated in fighting urban land corruption of the study area.From these findings, it is recommended that the town administration was required to work hard in order to: alleviate land corruption drivers, improve institutional arrangements and minimize consequences of land sector corruption in the study area. Also the town administration was required to work harder to inform and empower the community in their fight against urban land corruption.
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