Author: Rarinthip Thaveethong
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no. HS-91-30
Year: 1991
Academic Program: Human Settlement (HS)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 1988
Examination Committee: Harvey Demaine (Chairperson); Karl E. Weber, Suvit Yodmani (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: State-directed land settlement schemes have been adopted as one strategy to solve the problems of poverty and landlessness by the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), 1┬╖1inistry of the Interior (NOI), through its programme of ‘self-help land settlements’. The ultimate goa l of the DPW is to develop the settlement areas to a level which enables them to be integrated ┬╖ into the standard administrative system as sub -districts and districts under the administration of the Local Administration Department. However, such goal is not considered to have been achieved yet because only a small number of settlements have been phased out . This is despite the fact that in recent years DPW .has received considerable assistance from foreign aid donors, involving substantial extra investment. The problem with such donor funded projects, however, is the need to sustain . the impetus of the development effort after the termination of the projects. This study, therefore, aims to find out whether the settlers can continue a self-sustaining development process after the termination of a project given administrative constraints. The target groups are the selected pilot farmers participating in the ‘Land Settlements Project’ in Northeast Thailand funded by USAID which was implemented in the old- established villages. The findings show that the concept of ‘bottom up’ planning was not really incorporated and used to the fullest extent possible in most activities according to the overall project management strategy. The shortened period of the project time frame was referred as the constraint in employing such concept. Therefore, there seemed to be an over-emphasis on quantity as a measure of project success , with insufficient attention paid to quality in terms of sustainability. When the project was terminated with f ewer resources to support the implementation, it was found out that what had initiated during the project’s life could not take on a momentum of its own because it lacks the conti
Scholarship Donor(s): Canadian International Development Agency
Note: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for t he Award of the Degree of Master of Science
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