Local development in Pathum Thani Province

Abstract

          The research purposes were (1) to study the local development levels in Pathum Thani Province; (2) to analyze social capital, public participation, and management affecting the local development in Pathum Thani Province; and (3) to propose the guidelines for the local development in Pathum Thani Province. This was the quantitative and qualitative research. The population was the people aged 18 years and over, named in the household registration in Pathum Thani Province. The quantitative sample group was the 400 people, the research instrument was the questionnaire; the qualitative sample group was the 20 people, the research instrument was the in-depth interview form. The data analysis statistics were the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression analysis, and correlation analysis.

           The research findings were:

          1. the local development levels in Pathum Thani Province found the overall was at high level; the descending mean were the aspect of creating communities to be self-reliant, the aspect of promoting the grassroots economy to expand, the aspect of building community capital for efficiency and good governance, and the aspect of building high-performance organizations, respectively;

          2. The social capital in the aspect of human capital and capital of intellectual and cultural versus the people's participation in decision-making and participation in receiving benefits and effectiveness management affecting the local development in Pathum Thani Province at statistical significance level .05.

          3. The guidelines for the local development in Pathum Thani Province: should encouraging relevant people to have high performance in order to develop organizations and localities by aiming for results, and to drive government policies for further local development.