Community-based Development Program Research Articles

Composite Performance Index (CPI) Method For Determining Recipients of Community-Based Development (CBD) Assistance Programs At The Dawuan Sub-District Office

The eligibility of recipients of government assistance programs for rural communities is an essential problem in this study. The distribution of recipients of government assistance programs was found to be misdirected. Some rich people receive government assistance programs, but some poor people do not receive government assistance programs. One of the government assistance programs is Community Based Development (CBD), a community development activity directed at increasing community access to achieve better socioeconomic conditions than before development activities to become more independent with a better quality of life and welfare. Everyone wants this assistance program, but the eligibility level of recipients is a problem in distributing it. The research method used is Research and Development (R&D). To solve this problem, a decision support system must be created to assist the Dawuan District Office assess the beneficiaries' eligibility. The Composite Performance Index (CPI) method is needed to determine the provision of CBD assistance by using the criteria of income, housing conditions, education, and environment in the calculation. Each criterion's data from each alternative is weighted and summed to get the CPI value and used for ranking. Based on the results of system testing, the data from the calculation of the CPI method can be used as recommendations that follow the eligibility level of the beneficiaries. The most considerable CPI value is 285 on behalf of Mr. Sarip, who first prioritizes getting assistance from the CBD program. The second priority is on behalf of Mr. Budi, who has a CPI score of 265, to be the following reference as a recipient of assistance from the CBD program.

Developing a University Extension Programs Gateway Services Information System: A Baseline Survey

Universities are increasingly adopting and engaging in social responsibility awareness activities. University Social Responsibility (Hollister, R. 2016) are manifested in universities through implementing extension programs that enable them to associate with different beneficiaries. With the help of technology, people are able to access enormous amounts of information in a more convenient way. Thus, the use of technology would be able to address the need for social responses of the university to be more effective. The main objective of the study is to develop a system gateway for universities, beneficiaries, and sponsors of extension services. The research design used in the study is quasi-experimental design. The proponent conducted this study among the faculty members of Quezon City University totalling to 50 respondents. Whereas the proponent applied the Agile Development Model in building the prototype of the Gateway Services Information System, and used PHP and MySQL to develop the software. Based on the findings, the study concluded that: the respondents agreed that the continuous engagement of social responsibility programs provide a positive impact on both the university and the beneficiaries, and recommended that such usage of a gateway system will bring more ease and effectively of the process, resulting to a more positive impact. Overall, the respondents find the extension programs as effective. The findings suggest that respondents perceive capability training program, community outreach program, and high-impact, long-term integrated community-based development program as effective for the beneficiary, and it is recommended that such programs should be expanded to a more sets of program options and types. The respondents also agreed that strategies in implementing extension service programs are successful, and it is suggested that the gateway information system should have a more complex communication capable of catering such preparation activities for implementation. The respondents also strongly agreed that the key factors are critical and important for sustainability and is recommended that such complex planning and management of an extension program should be catered by the system. Overall, the assessment of the respondents agreed that the gateway software is capable of addressing the needs of both universities and beneficiaries, and it is recommended that the gateway information system will be accessible to all possible educational institutions which seek to give aid to beneficiaries.

Measuring the Effectiveness of the Project Management Information System (PMIS) on the Financial Wellness of Rural Households in the Hill Districts of Uttarakhand, India: An IS-FW Model

The study aims to measure the effectiveness of the project management information system (PMIS) and its impact on financial wellness in rural areas. The study uses DeLone and McLean’s updated information success model to measure the net impacts of the PMIS on the community. The dynamics between the PMIS and financial wellness have not yet been clarified, as the available literature on the concerned domain is very limited; thus, further research is required to report the effect of the PMIS on financial wellness. A total of 628 samples were analyzed from 666 collected through structured questionnaires and stratified sampling from 21 hill blocks from the hills of Uttarakhand. Exploratory-confirmatory factor analysis and path analysis were both conducted using SPSS and AMOS. The study found that PMIS quality, information quality, and service quality are significantly important for the PMIS, and its impact on the net benefits derived from PMIS was studied. The results also reveal that the net benefits of the system impact the financial behavior and financial attitudes of SHGs and cooperative members, consequently significantly impacting financial wellness. This study proposes and tests the information system (IS) financial wellness (FW) model for community-based development programs in the lines of the logical framework approach and the stimulus-organism-response framework.

Community-Based Development Program and Projects of the University of Makati in Porac, Pampanga: An Evaluative Study

This study aimed to evaluate the extent of benefits gained by the indigenous people of the resettlement area in Barangay Camias, Municipality of Porac, Pampanga, in the community-based development programs and projects of the University of Makati as to entrepreneurial and livelihood programs, infrastructure developments, health services, and social welfare projects. Descriptive-survey design was used to describe the present situation of the barangay and the help that these community-based programs and projects gave after these were realized. The findings revealed that the program-recipients benefited from the community-based development programs and projects; positive feedback was received from them; and perceptions and responses of the program-recipients, therefore, attested the responsiveness of the community-based development program and projects of the University of Makati to the needs of the Aeta Community. The researchers humbly recommend that a periodic impact assessment must be conducted (at least annually) in order to maintain and sustain the community-based development program and projects of the University; and immersion and community-based extension programs for adopted communities shall be conducted regularly and continuously which involves all colleges, centers, administrative departments and students of the University.

The Strategy of Organic Farming Implementation through Waste Bio-Conversion in Developing Baran Edu-Tourism Kampung, Malang, Indonesia

To increase the economic resilience due to the Covid-19 pandemic and raise the environmental quality, it is important to conduct a community-based development program based on an integrated strategy. This study aimed to formulate Kampung Baran Edu-tourism strategies, Kampung Baran was one of Madura Pendalungan's urban-periphery settlements in Malang City. First, the (local) characteristics based on terraphilia paradigms were identified. The characteristics contain local potentials and their problems. At the second stage, we used SWOT analysis to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and formulate strategies to develop Baran edu-tourism. The organic Integrated Farming concept was chosen as the development model. It started from organic-fertilizer production through organic waste bio-conversion (we chose vermicompost and liquid organic fertilizer). The implementation of organic-waste bio-conversion should be conducted through mentoring, counseling, innovators coaching, and FGDs to enrich local people's knowledge about modern organic farming, and strengthen social participation, socio-economic institutions, and networks.

Towards Programs Sustainability: Assessment of Institutional Determinants for Effective Community Participation in Development Programs in Tanzania

This paper brings to the fore an assessment of institutional determinants for effective community participation in development programs for the case of Tanzania. It is highly acknowledged in various scholarly literature that there is a strong link between community participation and development programs. In fact, literature shows that community-based development programs that have allowed community members to be fully involved in various programs have been successful when compared to those where community members are seen as spectators.However, in order for community members to take part in the programs, there are several determining factors, ranging from socio-economic, socio-cultural to institutional based factors.This study therefore sought to assess institutional determinants with the aim of identifying the major institutional determinants capable of influencing effective community participation in development programs. The study used four programs that were categorized as Locally Funded, Government Funded, Donor Funded and Joint Funded development programs. A combined sample size of 316 participants from all the four programs was employed. Collected data were analyzed through the within-case analysis and the comparative analysis approaches.Results of the study revealed that program benefits, objectives and leadership were the major institutional determinants for promoting effective community participation in development programs. when compared to methods used in the other three examined programs. Hence, the study concluded by emphasizing on the need to ensure these institutional based factors (program benefits, objectives and leadership) should always be given due attention in any development program.

Participación y planeación del desarrollo local en Medellín: viabilidad jurídica de los mecanismos de participación ciudadana en el ámbito local

En materia de planeación local del desarrollo, la normatividad vigente asigna a los Consejos Comunales y Corregimentales de Planeación la función de formular los Planes de Desarrollo Local de las comunas de Medellín, instrumentos que deben ser refrendados por las Juntas Administradoras Locales, las cuales tienen la potestad de aprobar o rechazar el programa de desarrollo concertado con la comunidad. Este artículo busca presentar los mecanismos de participación ciudadana como una herramienta jurídica viable para que la comunidad incida en los ejercicios de planeación local y ejerza control social sobre la instancia de planeación local.

Using Participatory Learning and Action in a Community-Based Intervention to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls in Mumbai's Informal Settlements.

For over 3 decades, participatory learning and action (PLA) techniques have been prominent in formative and evaluative studies in community-based development programs in the Global South. In this paper, we describe and discuss the use of PLA approaches at the beginning of a community-based program for prevention of violence against women and girls in Mumbai’s urban informal settlements. We adapted six PLA techniques as part of a formative community mobilization and rapid needs assessment exercise, addressing perceptions of violence prevalence, sources of household conflict, experiences of safety and mobility, access to services, preferences for service and support, and visualization of an ideal community free from violence. We describe the collaborative process of developing and implementing PLA techniques and discuss its relevance in generating contextual and grounded understandings of violence as well as in identifying factors which can potentially enable and constrain interventions.

Perceptions re Community-Based Projects for Economic and Societal Development

Perceptions and expectations are integral aspects which affect people's decision making to support community-based development programs. Few studies have explored the perceptions-behaviour relationship and more so the stakeholders' perceptions towards the sustainability of community-based agricultural projects especially aquaculture. An understanding of perceptions for different stakeholder groups in community-based projects can clear misconceptions, and identify factors that can unleash the full potential of the community-based projects, so as to achieve sustainable societal development. In Namibia, four out of six community-based fish farm projects have failed. Hence, there is a need to explore stakeholder perceptions for improvement. Adopting a qualitative research method with interview guide to collect primary data, the aim of the article is to understand the status quo, re-define stakeholders' roles, expectations, and perceptions about consultation, participation, empowerment, ownership, etc., of community-based aquaculture project improvement and sustainability in Namibia.

Village transfers for the environment: Lessons from community-based development programs and the village fund

•The Indonesian Village Fund is an intergovernmental fiscal transfer that could support restoration and conservation.•We evaluate the implementation of the Green PNPM Program and the use of the Village Fund from 2015 until 2017.•We argue that the Village Fund could finance conservation and reforestation if certain design principles are incorporated.

Women and Batik Conservation on Muria Slopes: A Study of Female Batik Crafters in Kudus

The worsening condition of nature calls the critical attention of human beings to look for primary keys to deal with. Struggling with the same issue, the local government of Kudus promotes community-based development programs that concern with introducing environmental conservation and education, besides cultural understanding programs, which emphasizes local community awareness in environmentally friendly tourism hosting and management. The youth community is invited to join workshops and training to enrich the skills in some handy craft production, networking and society management, particularly related to batik. “Komunitas Batik Manjing Werni” (KBMW) is one of the community-based development centers that concerns in promoting a unique batik motif. This article aims to describe the role of female crafters of natural motif batik in batik conservation on Muria slope. The main objective is to identify how these female crafters in KBMW contribute to build public awareness around Muria slope conservation through religious teachings and education. The data in this descriptive-qualitative research were obtained through observation, documentation and interviews with key persons in KBMW, people living around KBMW and Kudus regency tourism office.

Restor(y)ing community identity through the archive of Ken Saro-Wiwa

This study draws on recent research into the social function of archives and their web-based delivery to explore how a community-based archive project in Nigeria might provide a site of collective trauma healing and contribute to existing community-based development programs. The Ken Saro-Wiwa Digital Archive project aims to catalogue and make available the digitized personal papers of executed Niger Delta activist-author Ken Saro-Wiwa, who spoke out internationally against government mistreatment of his native community. The digital archive project seeks to provide an online community space as well as an internationally accessible exhibition of the archive. After an exploration of the relevant challenges facing community identity, it is argued that the interactive, online and community-based nature of the Ken Saro-Wiwa Digital Archive presents a unique opportunity for a disadvantaged ethnic minority group to take back ownership of their own story in the present, as well as shape their future, via a deliberate ‘restor(y)ing’ of their past. The archive of a prominent executed community activist, which documents the injustice and trauma experienced by that community, might in this way become a source of positive identity formation and empowerment by documenting the assertion of community autonomy and identity in the face of opposition.

Mercury Mining in Mexico: I. Community Engagement to Improve Health Outcomes from Artisanal Mining

BackgroundMercury is an element that cannot be destroyed and is a global threat to human and environmental health. In Latin America and the Caribbean, artisanal and small-scale gold mining represents the main source of mercury emissions, releases, and consumption. However, another source of concern is the primary production of mercury. In the case of Mexico, in the past 2 years the informal production of mercury mining has increased 10-fold. Considering this scenario, an intervention program was initiated to reduce health risks in the mining communities. The program's final goal is to introduce different alternatives in line to stop the mining of mercury, but introducing at the same time, a community-based development program. ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to present results from a preliminary study in the community of Plazuela, located in the municipality of Peñamiller in the State of Queretaro, Mexico. MethodsTotal mercury was measured in urine and environmental samples using atomic absorption spectrometry by cold vapor technique. Urine samples were collected from children aged 6-14 years and who had lived in the selected area from birth. Urine samples were also collected from miners who were currently working in the mine. To confirm the presence of mercury in the community, mining waste, water, soil, and sediment samples were collected from those high-risk areas identified by members of the community. FindingsChildren, women, and miners were heavily exposed to mercury (urine samples); and in agreement, we registered high concentrations of mercury in soils and sediments. ConclusionConsidering these results and taking into account that the risk perception toward mercury toxicity is very low in the community (mining is the only economic activity), an integral intervention program has started.

Community-based development and poverty alleviation: An evaluation of China's poor village investment program

We conduct the first systematic evaluation of the world's largest community-based development program—China's flagship poverty alleviation program began in 2001 which finances public investments in designated poor villages based on participatory village planning. We use matching methods and a panel household and village data set with national coverage to compare changes from 2001 to 2004 in designated poor villages that began plan investments and in designated poor villages that had yet to begin plan investments. We find that the program significantly increased both government- and village-financed investments. While the program did not increase the income or consumption of poorer households, it did increase the income and consumption of richer households by 6.1 to 9.2%. We also find suggestive evidence that governance matters in the distribution of program benefits. Relative gains were greater for richer households in villages with more educated leaders, and higher quality village committees delivered greater benefits to both richer and poorer households.

The Effects of Informal Neighborhood Bonding Social Capital and Neighborhood Context on Homeownership for Families Living in Poverty

ABSTRACT:The concept of social capital has been embedded ubiquitously into the strategies and goals of community-based development programs for families living in low-income neighborhoods; yet, scholars continue to debate social capital’s empirical support. The present study defines a specific type of social capital—informal neighborhood bonding social capital—and tests its relationship with homeownership while controlling for effects of neighborhood context. Findings reveal informal neighborhood bonding social capital is associated with homeownership above and beyond the effects of neighborhood context. Findings are discussed in relation to future research and the implications for community-based practitioners working with families in low-income neighborhoods.

Locality based entrepreneurship: A strategy for community economic vitality

Entrepreneurship has great potential as a self-development strategy for rural communities with declining economies, but nascent entrepreneurs often lack the knowledge necessary for starting a business and their communities often lack the physical and social infrastructure to support them. The EDGE (Enhancing, Developing, and Growing Entrepreneurs) educational programme developed by the Center for Applied Rural Innovation, University of Nebraska, is a community-based development programme that builds community capacity while providing grounded skills for entrepreneurs. This paper discusses the theoretical basis of EDGE and outlines an action model that has general relevance for the implementation of community development programmes.

Community-Based Development Programme: Managing for the Future

Community-Based Development Programme: Managing for the Future

Families U.S.A. (United for Senior Action) Foundation.

Families U.S.A. (United for Senior Action) Foundation.