Paper Title
Guidelines for Enhancing Participation in Community Development on The Sufficient Economy Philosophy of Kamphaeng Phet Province
Abstract
This research was aimed to study the level of people’s participation and compare the factor of people’s participation in community development on the sufficient economy philosophy in Kamphaeng Phet Province. The population of this research was from 2,497 people in Baan Wongthongdaeng, Sai Thong Watthana District, Kamphaengphet Province. The data was compiled using the questionnaire of people’s participation in community development on the sufficient economy philosophy in Baan Wongthongdaeng municipality with 3 parts; performance, decision, and perception and understanding on the administrative direction of the local leader. The statistics for data analysis were T-Test and One Way ANOVA for comparing the participation in community development on the sufficient economy philosophy of Kamphaeng Phet Province with 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that people in Baan Wongthongdaeng most of them were female, most of their ages were 45 – 60 years old, most of their level of educational attainments were the senior secondary school degree, most of their occupations were unemployed which likely to the employee, most of their incomes were 8,000 – 13,000 baht and most of them lived in the community for more over 10 years. The factor which affected to the people’s participation in community development on the sufficient economy philosophy in Baan Wongthongdaeng municipality, Kamphaeng Phet Province was the occupation, and the factors which not affected to the people’s participation in community development on the sufficient economy philosophy in Baan Wongthongdaeng, Sai Thong Watthana District, Kamphaengphet Province were gender, age, educational attainment, income and period of living in the community. The characteristic and level of people’s participation in community development on the sufficient economy philosophy in Kamphaeng Phet Province, the overall was in the high level. When it considered in each part, it revealed that; the participation in performance was in the highest level, the participation in decision was in the high level, and the participation in perception and understanding on the administrative direction of the local leader was in the high level.
Keywords– Participation, Community Development, Sufficient Economy Philosophy