Effect of Community Participation on Public Project Implementation in Tanzania: A Case of Temeke Municipal Council.

Mohamed,, Haji Suleiman (2023) Effect of Community Participation on Public Project Implementation in Tanzania: A Case of Temeke Municipal Council. Masters thesis, The Open i University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the effect of community participation in public project implementation in Tanzania. Specifically, the study intended to determine whether there in community participation in public project implementation in Temeke Municipal, to assess the economic effects of community participation in public project implementation in Temeke Municipal and to examine the social effects of community participation in public project implementation in Temeke Municipal. The study was backed up by top-down approach theory, the stakeholder theory and Diffusion on Innovation (DOI). These theories explain how public project organizers can better understand the dynamics of community involvement and tailor their approaches to maximize community participation. The study adopted a descriptive research design as a study design. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 100 respondents. The collected data were analyzed quantitatively. Findings revealed that, community has low participation in public project implementation in terms of passive participation, information giving, participation by consultation, participation for material incentives, functional participation, interactive participation, and self-mobilization. It was also found that, community participant has significant positive economic effect in project implementation through resource mobilization, distribution of benefits, and service access. In addition, results indicate that, community participation affect social aspects including democracy, promotion of decision making, open exchange of information, collaborative problem solving, and creation of local networks of community members. Community participation, social effects and economic effects were found to contribute 77% of public project implementation. Keywords: Community Participation, Public Project and Implementation in Tanzania

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