Author: Naw Pe The Law
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-09-09
Year: 2009
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M.Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2009
Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Mokbul M. Ahmad, Kyoko Kusakabe (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: The impacts of social and economic perspectives of Socio-economic Program (SEP) was examined in this research. The main objectives of this research were to assess social and economic impacts of rural households after the implementation of the SEP to assess development assistances for rural households received from the SEP to evaluate social and economic changes and impacts after the implementation of the SEP to study the opinion of local people on service delivery and activities provided by the SEP to identify the problems and prospects of service delivery and activities of the implementation of the SEP and to suggest recommendations on further development and improvements of the SEP. The research was studied in two pipeline villages namely Eindayaza and Ohnbinkwin of Dawei district, Taninthayi province in Myanmar. Primary data was collected from 83 households using questionnaire survey, interviews and group discussion and key informants including the project staffs, local leaders and project beneficiaries. Quantitative as well as qualitative techniques were applied in data analysis. Main findings of this study indicated that the positive changes had taken place mostly to institutional and social dimensions than economic aspects. The benefits gained from the SEP to local people including participation in village meetings, reducing health expenditure and gaining more knowledge on health. Positive impacts were found in the study villages on accessing to better infrastructure including roads, local clinics and markets. However, the project had relatively low impact on safe food sufficient and at a moderate level on better health status for both areas. The highly negative changes were found on the decreasing ownership of buffalo and cow attributable to the shifting of employment sector
Scholarship Donor(s): Cetana Educational Foundation, AIT Fellowship
Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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