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Utilising Planning and Financing Strategies in the Management of Community Development Projects in Enugu State, Nigeria
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Obetta, Chukwuemeka K.; Oreh, Catherine I. – Africa Education Review, 2017
Utilisation of community management strategies is an approach to governance that is based on community and organisational involvement. Communities with development projects have formed community projects management committees (CPMCs) that are encouraged to adopt the community management strategy in the planning and financing of community…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Program Administration, Program Development
Measuring the Impacts of a Volunteer-Based Community Development Program in Developing Volunteers' Leadership Skills
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Meier, Amy; Singletary, Loretta; Hill, George – Journal of Extension, 2012
This article summarizes the results of an evaluation of the impacts of a community development program to develop leadership skills in its adult volunteers. The evaluation featured 20 questions about leadership skills learned as a result of volunteer experiences. Data analysis strategies beyond a simple means ranking resulted in evidence…
Descriptors: Volunteers, Community Development, Community Programs, Leadership Training
Against All Odds: The Achievements of Community-Based Development Organizations.
National Congress for Community Economic Development, Washington, DC. – 1989
Community-based development organizations (CBDOs) appear to be a major force for the economic and physical rejuvenation of distressed, low-income communities. A CBDO is a private nonprofit group that serves a low-income community or constituency, is governed by a community-based board, and is an ongoing producer, with at least one completed…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Economic Development
Place Based Assistance Tools: Networking and Resident Surveys.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1997
"Place-based assistance" is not a new concept. Asking what people want and finding ways to give it to them sounds simplistic, but it can result in "win-win" solutions in which everyone involved benefits. This document is a guide to using networking and surveys of residents to determine community needs. Some case studies show…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Programs, Computer Centers
Tools for Regeneration: Specific Ways To Help an Economy Thrive.
Rodale Press, Inc., Emmaus, PA. – 1985
This paper describes some of the tools that The Regeneration Project, in Emmaus, Pennsylvania, has developed for use in the process of local economic improvement. One or more of these may be of interest to other individuals in communities that wish to undertake similar projects. Regenerative development provides markets for locally produced goods…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Programs
Planning and Design Workbook for Community Participation: An Evaluation Report.
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Brown, Lance Jay; Whiteman, Dorothy E. – 1973
The workbook which was the subject of this evaluation was prepared to aid disenfranchised community groups participate in the nonprofessional planning and decisionmaking process. It was written at a time when extensive technical assistance to local groups concerned with community planning and housing situations was envisioned. The intent behind…
Descriptors: Community Change, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Organizations