Socio-Economic Rural Urban Linkages in Sire Town and its Hinterlands: East Wollega Zone, Oromia Region
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2024-08-01
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study aimed to assess socio-economic rural-urban connections between Sire town and the
hinterlands in Western Ethiopia's Sibu Sire area. Being a daily resident of the district, the
researcher had the idea to undertake this study due to saw discrimination and ineffectiveness
between urban and rural inhabitants. Therefore, one of the researcher's goals when starting this
study was to investigate and make recommendations to the relevant agencies. The researcher
used a purposive sample strategy to choose the Sibu Sire district in order to conduct the study.
The researcher chose a sample of residents from Sire town and surrounding rural areas, as well
as employees of the Sire town management, the district offices for rural development and
agriculture, and the district administration offices, in order to achieve the study's goal. They
were chosen using systematic simple random sampling procedure since they were important in
supplying the data required for the investigation. Thus, 49 workers from the district's offices of
agriculture and rural development, Sire town administration, and district administration office,
as well as 155 residences from Sire town and its hinterlands of rural areas . Through
questionnaires, interviews, and observation, the researcher gathered the necessary data from
this demographic. Descriptive statistics were used for analyzing the data acquired using these
tools, taking into account both qualitative and quantitative data analysis techniques. Based on
the analysis, the researcher noticed that there was little rural- urban linkage between Sire town
and its hinterlands. The only connections between the two hinterlands were related to
agriculture and politics; there was little to no linkage in terms of social services, infrastructure,
transportation access, and others. The results also showed that the development of urban-rural
linkages between Sire town and its hinterlands was hindered by elements connected to
communities, the environment, economic situations, and administrations. Based on the findings
of the study, the researcher recommended the government, the community, other researchers and
others on ways of reversing the factors hindering implementation urban-rural linkage of Sire
town with its hinterlands.
Key words: rural, urban, urban rural linkage, Sire town and its hinterland
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rural, urban, urban rural linkage, Sire town and its hinterland