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PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AT SUB-DISTRICT LEVEL IN BANGLADESH: AN ANALYSIS ON SYLHET SADAR UPAZILA, SYLHET

Fatema Khatun, Jobayda Gulshan Ara

Volume: 6 Issue: 1 2016

Abstract:

This study attempts to scrutinize the levels of people’s participation to ensure local area development at sub-district level of Bangladesh. More precisely the study explains and describes people’s participation level in the development functions in existing decentralized process. The study is mainly based on primary and secondary data. Mixed research approach has been used to conduct the study. The access of people in ensuring local area development at sub-district level has been identified by surveying on the beneficiaries and voting and non-voting members of ‘Sylhet Sadar Upazila Parishad’. Devolution combines the aptitude of local democracy with technical efficiency and gives local bodies’ extensive decision making power and has to be accountable and responsive to local people. But people’s participation level is significantly pitiable in development initiatives at sub-districts. If the UZP is fully independent to the development plan formulation, endorse financial autonomy to implement the development programs and ensuring people’s participation at all level of development process then local area development will be ensured.

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