| Abstract: | Sustainable development and poverty reduction is not come overnight; it is a
progress which needs strong integration effort of all stake holders. There are
several actors that involve in achieving sustainable development and reduction
of poverty in Ethiopia as a whole and particularly in Dire Dawa
Administration. Mostly the government, CSOs and privates sectors are the
primary actors in sustainable development and poverty reduction. In this study
paper, the researcher have focused on the role of CSOs in sustainable
development and poverty reduction through analyzing and interpreting the
primary data collected from CSOs respondent, beneficiaries of CSOs and
respondents of concerned government bodies in Dire Dawa Administration .
Regarding the research methodology, the researcher has used both quantitative
and qualitative methods of data collection that involved in questionnaire and
interviews.
The CSOs have come up with several challenges which hinder sustainable
development poverty reduction these are; dependency of CSOs on donors for
budget, untimely occurring of natural disasters or climate change, deep-rooted
and complex problems of poverty, dependency syndrome of the beneficiaries,
geographic setting of the target area and also less attention was given to IGA
programs.
Therefore, even if sustainable development and poverty reduction will not be
come overnight, so CSOs should strength their collaboration with the concerned
government bodies and also the concerned government bodies should support,
create more conducive environment and give up-to-date information to CSOs to
solve the problems of duplication of effort and dependency syndrome in order to
achieve sustainable development and reduction of poverty in the
Administration. |
