Assessment Of Community Participation In Sustainable Local Economic Development A Case Of Three Selected Woredas In Lideta Sub-city Addis Ababa City Administration (in The Years 2011 To 2014)

The study dealt with the link between sustainable local economic development and communityrnparticipation in Three Woredas of Lideta Sub-city in Addis Ababa. The objective of the study is tornassess the sustainability of community’s participation in local economic development and thernoutcome. The issues observed to achieve the objective were areas of community participation,rninstitutionalization of participatory practices, substantive coordination of the actors and outcomesrnof these processes and activities in the selected Woredas of Lideta Sub-city.rnMixed approach (both Qualitative and Quantitative approach) is used. Semi-structuredrnquestionnaire is prepared, pre-tested and administered for randomly selected respondents from thernlist of households from woreda 8, 9 and 10. 369 respondents filled the questionnaire. In-depthrninterview, focus group discussion and observation tools were developed and employed to elicitrnimportant information from the community and triangulate with secondary and questionnairerndata.rnThe result of the study has shown that, PLCEDW is not a new thing that was started from zero; itrnwas and is being under way at different time. The local communities are not fully involved in thernPLCEDW from planning to evaluation phase. Concentration of the development projects on arnlocality development only; absence of market relation between the PLCEDWs and small and micrornbusiness organizations; loose relation between the PLCEDW actors and lack of awareness creationrnare the major problems that adversely affect participatory process. The study also identified the keyrnproblems that are visible in the study areas. They are: paternalistic role of professionals andrnofficials; inhibiting and prescriptive role of the state; over-reporting of development success,rnselective participation; hard issue bias; miss representing the local community’s development need;rnget keeping by local elites; excessive pressure for immediate results than long term goals, lack ofrnpublic interest to be involved in PLCEDW.rnIn general the observations of data results from various sources, the development activities are notrnsustainable in the sense also that the process didn’t create sizeable employment to the localrncommunity. The PLCEDW has not been linked to small and micro enterprises. Therefore, thernstudy concluded with the recommendation that the PLVEDAW should maintain link between therncommunity, the SMEs and other actors in order to engage in sustainable processes and activities ofrnlocal economic development in the Sub City selected for this study

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