Bridging Participation and Prosperity: Community Involvement in Development Projects for Poverty Reduction in a Transition Country

Bridging Participation and Prosperity: Community Involvement in Development Projects for Poverty Reduction in a Transition Country | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Bridging Participation and Prosperity: Community Involvement in Development Projects for Poverty Reduction in a Transition Country Dayanandan R, Sajitha O.G This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6417439/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Purpose: This paper focuses on the contribution of community participation in development projects on poverty reduction in Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive design was followed and a sample of 204 household heads identified using multistage sampling for primary data. Collected data was analyzed using chi-square test and ordered logistic regression model. Findings: The results show that respondents participanted in the development projects during the implementation stage but some of them not participated due to low income, lack of awerness, not satisfied with the projects etc. The projects contributed to poverty reduction, decline food shortage, increase income, increase food and non food expenses, increase health and schooling expenses etc. Further, men mostly participated in sustainable land management and getting more benefits by using conservation stragegies. The logit model results revealed that Age , Social activities, Access to social net-work, Access to information, Positive attitude, Training, Awareness, Local government support, Occupation, Income level, Contact with extension agents were the determinants of community participaton in the development projects. Practical Implications: The findings highlight the need for targeted interventions like encouragement of participatory approach and inclusion of economically and socially disadvantage sections. Originality: The contribution of community participation in development projects on poverty reduction has scarcely been addressed in academic research in the study area. Although qualitative approaches provide insightful analyses of the real-world experiences, there is a conspicuous lack of comprehensive quantitative study in the literature. One noticeable gap is the absence of statistically meaningful evidence on the role of community participation in Development Projects in Poverty Reducation in Ethiopia. Social science/Development studies Social science/Economics Social science/Sociology Community participaticipation Development projects Poverty Reduction Transition country Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. Also discoverable on Platform About Our Team In Review Editorial Policies Advisory Board Help Center Resources Author Services Accessibility API Access RSS feed Manage Cookie Preferences © Research Square 2026 | ISSN 2693-5015 (online) Privacy Policy Terms of Service Do Not Sell My Personal Information {"props":{"pageProps":{"initialData":{"identity":"rs-6417439","acceptedTermsAndConditions":true,"allowDirectSubmit":true,"archivedVersions":[],"articleType":"Article","associatedPublications":[],"authors":[{"id":476487592,"identity":"fb589133-94a9-4ab8-8a01-028b48bd7a5b","order_by":0,"name":"Dayanandan R","email":"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAZAAAAAyAQMAAABI0h/eAAAABlBMVEX///8AAABVwtN+AAAACXBIWXMAAA7EAAAOxAGVKw4bAAAA20lEQVRIiWNgGAWjYDAC5oMNIIqxXwJEsRGjhS0RomXmDJgWgtrYEsAU44YbxGrhb2Nu/FxQc0d28+0eA4YPZYcZ+OUb8GuROMbYLD3j2DPjbXfOGDDOOHeYQbKNkMPuNzZI87AdTtx2I8eAmbftMIPBMQI65IG2/Ob5dzhx8wyglr9ALfaEtBgcY2yTBhqeuEECqIURZAsh7xsCtVjz9h02nnEjreBgz7l0HoljCfi1yB1jf3yb59th2f4ZyRsf/CizluNvPkDAGmQAUstDgvpRMApGwSgYBbgAAMmSRP5ucQt6AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC","orcid":"","institution":"1. Hawassa University","correspondingAuthor":true,"prefix":"","firstName":"Dayanandan","middleName":"","lastName":"R","suffix":""},{"id":476487593,"identity":"53be2cc2-b524-4573-9835-e601d67d0ee0","order_by":1,"name":"Sajitha O.G","email":"","orcid":"","institution":"1. Hawassa University","correspondingAuthor":false,"prefix":"","firstName":"Sajitha","middleName":"","lastName":"O.G","suffix":""}],"badges":[],"createdAt":"2025-04-10 07:23:09","currentVersionCode":1,"declarations":"","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-6417439/v1","doiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6417439/v1","draftVersion":[],"editorialEvents":[],"editorialNote":"","failedWorkflow":false,"files":[{"id":89947720,"identity":"6a32e4d0-5ba4-4109-b703-3b99f25cbdfb","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2025-08-26 18:01:36","extension":"pdf","order_by":1,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"manuscript-pdf","size":449632,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"","description":"","filename":"Manuscript.pdf","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-6417439/v1_covered_0cf00ac6-05ff-411a-a6d6-b7e00f1667e6.pdf"}],"financialInterests":"No competing interests reported.","formattedTitle":"Bridging Participation and Prosperity: Community Involvement in Development Projects for Poverty Reduction in a Transition Country","fulltext":[],"fulltextSource":"","fullText":"","funders":[],"hasAdminPriorityOnWorkflow":false,"hasManuscriptDocX":false,"hasOptedInToPreprint":true,"hasPassedJournalQc":"","hasAnyPriority":false,"hideJournal":true,"highlight":"","institution":"","isAcceptedByJournal":false,"isAuthorSuppliedPdf":true,"isDeskRejected":"","isHiddenFromSearch":false,"isInQc":false,"isInWorkflow":false,"isPdf":true,"isPdfUpToDate":true,"isWithdrawnOrRetracted":false,"journal":{"display":true,"email":"[email protected]","identity":"researchsquare","isNatureJournal":false,"hasQc":true,"allowDirectSubmit":true,"externalIdentity":"","sideBox":"","snPcode":"","submissionUrl":"/submission","title":"Research Square","twitterHandle":"researchsquare","acdcEnabled":true,"dfaEnabled":false,"editorialSystem":"","reportingPortfolio":"","inReviewEnabled":false,"inReviewRevisionsEnabled":true},"keywords":"Community participaticipation, Development projects, Poverty Reduction, Transition country","lastPublishedDoi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-6417439/v1","lastPublishedDoiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6417439/v1","license":{"name":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},"manuscriptAbstract":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePurpose: \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis paper focuses on the contribution of community participation in development projects on poverty reduction in Ethiopia.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign/methodology/approach: \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eA descriptive design was followed and a sample of 204 household heads identified using multistage sampling for primary data. Collected data was analyzed using chi-square test and ordered logistic regression model.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFindings: \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe results show that respondents participanted in the development projects during the implementation stage but some of them not participated due to low income, lack of awerness, not satisfied with the projects etc. The projects contributed to poverty reduction, decline food shortage, increase income, increase food and non food expenses, increase health and schooling expenses etc. Further, men mostly participated in sustainable land management and getting more benefits by using conservation stragegies. The logit model results revealed that Age , Social activities, Access to social net-work, Access to information, Positive attitude, Training, Awareness, Local government support, Occupation, Income level, Contact with extension agents were the determinants of community participaton in the development projects.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePractical Implications: \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe findings highlight the need for targeted interventions like encouragement of participatory approach and inclusion of economically and socially disadvantage sections.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginality: \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe contribution of community participation in development projects on poverty reduction has scarcely been addressed in academic research in the study area. Although qualitative approaches provide insightful analyses of the real-world experiences, there is a conspicuous lack of comprehensive quantitative study in the literature. One noticeable gap is the absence of statistically meaningful evidence on the role of community participation\u003c/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c/strong\u003ein \u003cem\u003eDevelopment Projects in Poverty Reducation in Ethiopia.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","manuscriptTitle":"Bridging Participation and Prosperity: Community Involvement in Development Projects for Poverty Reduction in a Transition Country","msid":"","msnumber":"","nonDraftVersions":[{"code":1,"date":"2025-06-26 15:23:41","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-6417439/v1","editorialEvents":[{"type":"communityComments","content":0}],"status":"published","journal":{"display":true,"email":"[email protected]","identity":"researchsquare","isNatureJournal":false,"hasQc":true,"allowDirectSubmit":true,"externalIdentity":"","sideBox":"","snPcode":"","submissionUrl":"/submission","title":"Research Square","twitterHandle":"researchsquare","acdcEnabled":true,"dfaEnabled":false,"editorialSystem":"","reportingPortfolio":"","inReviewEnabled":false,"inReviewRevisionsEnabled":true}}],"origin":"","ownerIdentity":"64b44d27-b877-4145-9682-57ef35949ede","owner":[],"postedDate":"June 26th, 2025","published":true,"recentEditorialEvents":[],"rejectedJournal":[],"revision":"","amendment":"","status":"posted","subjectAreas":[{"id":50598957,"name":"Social science/Development studies"},{"id":50598958,"name":"Social science/Economics"},{"id":50598959,"name":"Social science/Sociology"}],"tags":[],"updatedAt":"2025-08-26T17:53:28+00:00","versionOfRecord":[],"versionCreatedAt":"2025-06-26 15:23:41","video":"","vorDoi":"","vorDoiUrl":"","workflowStages":[]},"version":"v1","identity":"rs-6417439","journalConfig":"researchsquare"},"__N_SSP":true},"page":"/article/[identity]/[[...version]]","query":{"redirect":"/article/rs-6417439","identity":"rs-6417439","version":["v1"]},"buildId":"8U1c8b4HqxoKbykW_rLl7","isFallback":false,"isExperimentalCompile":false,"dynamicIds":[84888],"gssp":true,"scriptLoader":[]}