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Assessment of Factor Affecting the Participation of Person with Disabilities in Development Program: The Case of Nekemte Town, Oromia Regional State

Published in Economics (Volume 11, Issue 3)
Received: 24 June 2022    Accepted: 27 July 2022    Published: 9 August 2022
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The issue of Person With disability participation on the development Program became the hub of agenda of government and Non-Government Organization’s across the country. Therefore, the main purpose of the study was to assess factors affecting persons with disability to participate in development program in Ethiopia in the context of Nekemte Town. The specific objective of the study was to identify infrastructure, education level, and technology and resource availability affect persons with disability to participate in development program in Nekemte Town. From different types of research designs the researcher used descriptive and explanatory type of research design. The study is used both primary and secondary data. Based on the nature of the problem the researcher selects a mixed method approach (Qualitative and Quantitative) which is used to answer the research questions. The study used descriptive and explanatory research design which incorporated both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The data was analyzed with use of descriptive and inferential statistics and data presented as frequency distribution tables. The data were processed by the help of Statistical Package for Social Science version 24. The findings of this study showed that infrastructure, educational level, technology and resource availability has positive and statistically significant impact on disabled persons’ participation in development program in case of Nekemte Town. The researcher provided recommendations such as increasing educational level, treating disabled person equal to others, arranging donation for rumps and friendly walkways, providing training on technologies and finding sponsor for financial and physical resources.

Published in Economics (Volume 11, Issue 3)
DOI 10.11648/j.eco.20221103.12
Page(s) 108-116
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Keywords

Disabilities, Development Program, Participation, SPSS, Nekemte Town

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  • Development Economics, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, Rift Valley University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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