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Assessment of the local government administration and community participation in development projects: a case of Ng’ong’hoghna ward in Dodoma municipal council

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dc.creator Shemweta, Japhet C
dc.date 2019-09-04T10:06:21Z
dc.date 2019-09-04T10:06:21Z
dc.date 2013
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T12:07:41Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T12:07:41Z
dc.identifier Shemweta, J.C. (2013). Assessment of the local government administration and community participation in development projects: a case of Ng’ong’hoghna ward in Dodoma municipal council. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1606
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/1606
dc.description Dissertation (MA Public Administration)
dc.description The study has aimed at assessing the local government administration and community participation in development projects. This research was been guided with three specific objectives these were; to evaluate levels of the community participation on development projects through their local authority, to asses approaches used by local Authority in involving the communities in development projects and to find out challenges facing local authorities in the implementation of development projects. A total of 94 respondents from Dodoma Municipal officers Ward and village leaders and the community were involved in this research. Purposefully sampling was been used to collect data from key informants who were the leaders. Data was been code and analyzed by the use of SPSS while tables was been used to present data, public projects was been implement through both bottom up approach the community were involved public hearing in decision making on priority settings .Based on these findings, the participation of local communities in development projects in Ng‘ong‘hohna ward was generally limited to poor contribution and poor attendance of the community in the public hearing and the public meetings. The researcher has recommended that, the government should emphasize on civic education and emphasize the community patriotism to undertake their development. Leadership skills in terms of management should also be empowered to the leaders in undertaking developments particularly to the development projects at the local levels.
dc.publisher The University of Dodoma
dc.subject Local government administration
dc.subject Community participation
dc.subject Development projects
dc.subject Community involvement
dc.subject Development programmes
dc.subject Ng’ong’hoghna ward
dc.subject Communities development projects
dc.subject Local authority
dc.subject Local government authorities
dc.title Assessment of the local government administration and community participation in development projects: a case of Ng’ong’hoghna ward in Dodoma municipal council
dc.type Dissertation


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