Participatory Development Strategy: and Effect on Community in Punjab (A Case Study of Water Supply and Sanitation)

Community participation has become one of the significant features of new development paradigm. It has been spread all over the world through different methods that lead toward the sustainable development. The dynamic interaction between the achievement of specific objectives for improving the provision of resource position of the local community and the specific identity of community leads by the process of participatory development. Therefore, present research was giving an overview of the effects of participatory development on community in Punjab. It was also examine the involvement of community in the developmental projects and its effects on community. The study was confined to two cities of Punjab, Pakistan and 300 respondents were selected through Systematic random sampling and Proportionate Sampling Technique. There are many different methods of collecting data, depending on the objective and nature of the study, availability of resources etc. in the present study; the data were collected with the help of interviewing schedule. After fieldwork, the data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). In conclusion, the researchers suggest some strategies to improve the participatory development.