Assessing the Practices of Citizen Engagement Mechanism in Policy Formulation in Ethiopia: In the Case of House of Peoples Representatives (HoPRs)
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2020-06
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A.A.U
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The purpose of the study is to assess the mechanisms, practices and factors that affects citizen engagement in policy formulation process within HoPRs. This research employed mixed research designs meaning that both qualitative and quantitative research approaches are used. Based on the mixed research rationales out of 547 HoPRs parliament members’ of population 122 survey respondents were selected by using Mike Slovin / Yemane’s sample size determination formula and 22 participants were purposely selected by qualitative data collection methods.Under qualitative method non-probability purposive sampling techniques have been employed and in quantitative method both descriptive and inferential analysis have been employed. The major finding indicatesthe degree of citizen engagement is moderate and weak participation in practice on policy formulation, passive and weak practice of disseminating relevant information. Moreover, there was weak and uneven document distribution, press conferences, radio and television programs, and some websites, awareness creation and citizens informing to play on duties, rights and responsibilities. From the finding, HoPR want to were forwarded; to address the objectives developing better laws, directives and guidelines, expanding the scope of information by implementing new technologies and providing training on citizens awareness
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Public Administration and Development Management in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Master of Arts in Public Management and Policy
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Citizen Engagement Mechanism, Citizen Participation, Policy formulation