Community participation for rural poverty alleviation: A case of the Iban community in Malaysia.

Autor: Kwok Chin Hoe, Haris Abd Wahab, Siti Hajar Abu Bakar, M Rezaul Islam
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Zdroj: International Social Work; Jul2018, Vol. 61 Issue 4, p518-536, 19p
Abstrakt: This study aimed to uncover the influential factors of community participation in a rural poverty alleviation programme in Malaysia. A quantitative approach was used, and data were collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire from 260 respondents of the Iban community in Malaysia. The study considered 22 influential factors (18 as independent variables and 4 as dependent variables) to measure the level of community participation in decision-making, implementation, benefits sharing and evaluation. The study explored how these influential factors interacted with participation in a rural poverty alleviation programme. The results found a diversity of interacting factors within the forms of participation at the implementation level. The article contributes a dynamic and multi-dimensional understanding of how influential factors shape community participation processes. The findings are an important indicator to policy-makers and development practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index