Constraints to international donor agencies’ community development assistance in rural Rivers State, Southern Nigeria
Journal Title: Journal of Research in Ecology - Year 2012, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
This study examined the impediments to international Donor agencies’ community development efforts in the rural sector of Rivers State, Nigeria. One hundred community dwellers (men, women and youth) were interviewed, using scheduled questionnaires. Also, three international Donor agencies (World Bank, Micro Project Programme and United Nations Development Programme) involved in the community development activities of Rivers State participated in the study. Data realized from the respondents were analysed using percentages, mean scores and Analysis of Variance. The study revealed that the nature of development projects and the constraints faced by beneficiary communities and the donor agencies differed significantly (p>0.05). The donor agencies provided assistance in agriculture, small scale enterprises, health care services, education/training, and physical infrastructure. However, the three agencies focused mainly on agriculture, health care and infrastructural services. The major problems to effective implementation of the development programme included administrative bottleneck, insufficient and diversion of project funds, youth restiveness, ill-trained and shortage of field staff, inadequate community development facilities and project disagreement among the beneficiary communities. To improve on the community development efforts in the rural areas of the state, a critical consideration of the outlined bottlenecks was advised.
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Isife BI, Albert CO, Lawson MI
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