Effectiveness of People’s Participation on Local Development in Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province

Abstract

The objective of this research were; to study the effectiveness of people’s participation on local development in Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province in the area of community planning, the development of the strategic plan and the development plan; to compare personal factor of the effectiveness of people’s participation on local development in Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province; and to study on opinion and suggestions of the effectiveness of people’s participation on local development in Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province. The information gained from this research were presented to the Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province by using it as information for further improvement. A sample was 380 people who living in Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province by using the tables of Krejcie and Morgan. A questionnaire was used for collecting data and the statistics analysis included percentage, frequencies, t-test, F-test at the statistical significance level of .05 in the case of two independent variables and using One Way ANOVA in the case of independent variables with more than two groups when found to be different at the statistical significance level of .05. The findings indicated that: . The comparison of the effectiveness of people’s participation on local development in Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province found that the overall in moderate (mean 2.833). When considering each aspect found that people’s participation, all in moderate which the highest aspect was the development of the strategic plan (mean 2.982), follow by the development plan (mean 2.798) and the lowest was the community planning (mean 2.729). 2. Hypothesis test found that personal factor of gender, age, career and income per month; in overall and aspect, were not difference on the effectiveness of people’s participation on local development in Lom Sak Municipality, Lom Sak District, Phetchabun Province at the statistical significance level of .05. 3. The suggestion on the effectiveness of people’s participation on local development in term of the evaluation period must be divided into 3 phases, which are the initial evaluation of the plan, mid-term evaluation of plan and evaluation after the completion of the implement of the plan by allowing all parties involved, including people in the area, to participate in the evaluation further.