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Title
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS IN GHANA: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL (CASE STUDY OF KWAHU DISTRICT) |
Full text
http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/517 |
Date
2009 |
Author(s)
BAAFOUR-ASARE, KWADWO |
Abstract
xi, 97p. - The idea of improving the living conditions of the majority of Ghanaians living in the rural areas has been stressed by the various governments of Ghana since independence. But it has been almost impossible for these governments to find enough resources to provide all the welfare needs of the rural areas and at the same time maintain a steady economic growth. This has necessitated the adoption of community participation which encourages and emphasises on development through the people's own efforts. The rural dwellers, now conscious of the need to be self-reliant are enthusiastically seeing to the initiation, planning, financing and implementation of development programmes by themselves with help from various agencies involved in rural development. Some of the main benefits of community participation are: the high probability of a development project being successful and sustaining, selected projects normally satisfying the felt needs of the majority of the community, cheapening of project cost, and na - KNUST Library |
Subject(s)
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; KWAHU DISTRICT; GHANA |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Thesis |
Identifier
1462 |
Repository
Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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