Community Development: A Case Study of Participation in the Lao-Swedish Forestry Programme
This study was to assess community participation in the Lao Ngam Selected Field Area Project (LSFAP) and its influencing factors. It was conducted in 12 villages in the Lao Ngam district, the province of Saravanh, Laos, where the LSFAP was implemented. The general objectives of the study were to...
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2000
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8226/1/FEM_2000_4_IR.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study was to assess community participation in the Lao
Ngam Selected Field Area Project (LSFAP) and its influencing factors.
It was conducted in 12 villages in the Lao Ngam district, the province
of Saravanh, Laos, where the LSFAP was implemented. The general
objectives of the study were to assess the level of participation and the
factors influencing it during the third phase of the project (1992-1995). The specific objectives were to: (1) describe the operation of the
LSFAP; (2) examIne the socio-demographic background of
participants; (3) determine the level of participation existing in the
villages in various activities; and (4) identify factors that influenced
participation in the LSFAP. A total of 123 respondents involved in the 2 main activities: rice
field ploughing and poultry raising in 12 villages were sampled using
the proportionate sampling technique. Data for the study consisted of
both qualitative and quantitative nature. The quantitative data was
gathered by formal interviews while the qualitative data was collected
using group discussion. Additional data were obtained by informal
interviews and field observations. Structured questionnaires formed
the main tool for the data collection. The quantitative data was
analysed using descriptive frequency distribution to present and
summarise the data. Pearson Correlation and Chi-square were used
to determine the association between participation and all
independent variables. The qualitative data was analysed by an
inductive content technique.
The study revealed that the level of participation of the project
members in the LSFAP was at the medium level in all three stages:
decision-making, implementation and benefit sharing. Education,
politico-administrative support, project leadership, Community
Development Board (VCDB) leadership, project member-project
member (PM-PM) linkage and project member-project staff (PM-PS)
linkage were found to have significant relationship with all the three
stages of participation. However, in this study, only organisational membership had
positive relationship in two stages of participation: decision-making
and implementation. |
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