Influence of Stakeholder Participation on Sustainability of Community Development Projects Implemented by Plan International in Homa Bay Town Sub-County, Kenya

Faustin Ounoi Ochunga and Leon Hongo Awiti

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 7, issue 4, 375-400

Abstract: Plan International Kenya noted in an evaluation that the sustainability of community development project is poor, with one of the causes being established as weak participation by stakeholders, the level of stakeholder engagement was however not clear.The purpose of the study was to investigate the influence of stakeholder participation on sustainability of community development projects implemented by Plan International in Homa Bay Town SubCounty.The researcher targeted three people in each of the 51 organizations partnering with Plan International; this gave a population of 153 people. Using Sekeran (2003) sample determination the sample size was determined as 113 respondents. Simple random sampling was used to select the 113 respondents. Pilot testing was done with 15 respondents from Rangwe Sub-county. Data validity was tested by using the Content Valid Index (CVI).The test retest method was used to assess the reliability of the instruments. Quantitative data was analyzed using frequencies, percentages and cross-tabulation and chi-square p-value significance test.

Keywords: Stakeholder participation; passive participation; interactive participation; functional participation; optimum participation; sustainability of community development projects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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