Factors Influencing Citizens Participation in Public Development Projects in Tanzania.

Mwilinge, Adestino (2025) Factors Influencing Citizens Participation in Public Development Projects in Tanzania. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study aimed at examining factors influencing public developments projects. Specifically, the study focused on: i) To examine the influence of Role by citizens on public development projects; ii) To examine the influence of Mechanisms on public development projects and ii) To determine the influence of Measures on public developments projects. The study employed quantitative research methods where case study design was used. The targeted sample size of the study was 140 respondents. Simple random sampling was applied during data collection in four wards in Iringa District Council. Data analysis was done quantitatively using descriptive and correlation analysis. The finding of the study indicates that; Role by Citizen, Mechanisms and Measures has significant influence on public developments projects. Therefore, this study has theoretically and empirically evaluated research framework by incorporating three factors namely Role by Citizens, Mechanisms and Measures which have found to influence public developments projects. This implies that these factors should be encouraged at community level to influence much more public developments projects. Keywords: Citizens, Participation, Public Development Projects, Iringa District.

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