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Effect of Stakeholders’ Participation on Sustainability of Community Projects in Ruhango District, Rwanda

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  • Jean Baptiste Habumuremyi

    (Masters student, Graduate School. University of Kigali-Rwanda)

  • Thomas K Tarus

    (Lecturer, Graduate School, University of Kigali-Rwanda)

Abstract

Stakeholders’ participation is a major concern in this modern global economy whenever it comes to the sustainability of community development projects. The international community is constantly pushing the less developed world to engage community members in deliberations concerning problems that impact their well-being. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of stakeholders’ participation on sustainability of community projects in Rwanda. The study was anchored on sustainability and stakeholder theory. The study adopted descriptive research design with the sample size 401 participants. The results revealed that passive participation and interactive participation had a positive and significant relationship on sustainability of community projects(β = 0.739; p

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  • Jean Baptiste Habumuremyi & Thomas K Tarus, 2021. "Effect of Stakeholders’ Participation on Sustainability of Community Projects in Ruhango District, Rwanda," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(09), pages 429-433, September.
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