A Study on the Factors Affecting the Implementation of Community Driven Projects in Zambia

Community Driven Project is now a widely accepted Development approach across the Continent. It is a development approach that focuses on transferring the identification, control and management of development programs to the local community members. This study was conducted in Chongwe District with the main Objective of identifying the key success factors for the implementation of community Driven Projects in Chongwe District in Zambia. The researcher used a descriptive research design and the respondents were selected using simple random sampling. Data analysis was done using the Statistical package for social scientist (SPSS). The study results shows that majority of the respondents are aware of the concept of community driven development but most of them were unable to give the key characteristics of community driven development. This is attributed to the fact that majority of the respondents indicated that were not trained on CDD. The study has unearthed some of the key factors that promotes community participation and these includes capacity building, availability of structures for participation , availability of resources and willingness of the District Council to empower communities to manage community driven project