Village development and commune development planning (VDP/CDP) encourages the participation of local people in analyzing their problems and opportunities, and finding out solutions. This method contributes to community development by improving capacity of local people and strengthening the roles...

This mixed methods research aimed to study: (1) the level of people's participation of local development plans, (2) factors affecting people's participation with a causal relationship with the participation of people, and (3) guidelines for promoting people's participation in the preparation of...