Evaluation Studies And Community Development In Africa

Abstract

Community development is an integral part of any society in the world. Evaluation studies go hand in hand with community development plans and implementation. The studies give feedback to community development plans and their implementation. They establish the needs of the community and assess community development projects as they are in progress. Evaluation studies provide tangible evidence of the deliverables and determine short term plus residual effects of a project. The studies ensure the success of community development projects and provide direction to the next course of action in relation to community development projects. The methodology adopted was review of literature and the conclusions were made based on the point of views draw out of the paper