posted on 2024-09-05, 23:20authored byHailemichael Birhane
This survey study sought to assess the role of Multi-stakeholder Partnership in promoting local
economic development in Mekelle City. The main objective of this study was to assess the
institutional arrangements of local economic development and role of multi-stakeholders
partnership in employment creation, income generation and encouraging local enterprise
development in Mekelle city. It is a cross sectional survey of 117 local economic development
beneficiaries using semi-structured questionnaires and focuse group discussion. In-depth
interview with stakeholders of the project and local economic development expert was also
conducted. The study reveals that multi-stakeholders of the project (local government, youth and
women association and chamber of commerce) have been involved in different activities of the
local economic development. This study concluded that the partnership among the stakeholders
is not functional in almost all process of the local economic development. To overcome the poor
involvements of multi-stakeholders of the project, starting from the local economic development
project beneficiary selection up to the repayment period of the loan, multi-stakeholders should
give due emphasis in following up and delivering valuable support. Local governments should
also internalize local economic development project as a prime task, not secondary task of the
city. The Chamber of Commerce which is expected to implement the project as a potential
stakeholder should assist the local economic development beneficiaries through capacity
building in business development activities and in the whole local economic development process
through actively participating starting from designing of the plan up to monitoring and
evaluations. The institutional arrangements of local economic development project should state
each and every function of stakeholders and the stakeholders should implement it in accordance
with their responsibilities.
History
Publisher
Mekelle University
Citation
Birhane Hailemichael (2014) Assessment of Multi-stakeholder Partnership in Promoting Local Economic Development: A Case Study of Mekelle City, Thesis.Mekelle:MU.