A STUDY ON THE PERCEPTION OF RURAL PEOPLE ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES (A CASE STUDY: HLEGU TOWNSHIP, YANGON)

Rural development programmes have been implemented as poverty alleviation framework not only by government but also non-governmental organizations in nationwide. There are various reform programmes as hard and soft infrastructure, rural small production industry, microfinance, rural energy, water sanitation, vocational training for carrier development and other poverty reduction programmes. This study aims to examine the perception of rural people on poverty alleviation programmes. A descriptive method is used for this study. The structured questionnaires are used to conduct the survey to get the perception about the poverty reduction programmes and their attitude. This study is analyzed three poverty reduction programmes which are rural infrastructure, microfinance and vocational trainings. It was found that most of the respondents have positive perception about the programmes. It gives to enhance the job opportunities not only their households but also village development. In each programme, there has some weakness points because the current implementation process is weaken in upgrading policies, lack of maintaining on existing infrastructure, the filling form process to get a loan is complex, hard to get sufficient amount for each in microfinance programme and long-term support for sustainability. In vocational training, it needs the teaching aid materials to get the efficient practical knowledge. The local poor are still in dependency status and rely on the programmes. And they mention that some programmes are not effective according to their basic needs like electrification project by solar system and water sanitation project because it has still challenging for long term support to evaluate due to the budget allocation. Poverty alleviation programmes are the foundation for all inclusive to get the sustainable growth