The Evaluation of Policy Implementation of Thailand Communities Economic Development Policy

Abstract

This article aims to study the consequence of a governmental policy implementation in communities economic development. This also studies any relevant factors to implement communities economic development. The study is a mixed methodology with quantitative method and questionnaires from executives and officers from Community Development Department at provincial and district level in 7 provinces in the Eastern Region: Chantaburi, Chacheongsao, Chonburi, Trat, Prachinburi, Rayong, Sakaew with the total of 365 people. The analysis of statistical data consists of frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation, T-test, one-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression. The statistical significance is .05. The qualitative is document-based study and in-depth interviews from executive representatives, provincial executives, district officers, and community leaders who work with policy design. The method is semi-structured interview for confirming statistical data and giving further suggestions in policy development.

The study has revealed that: the Eastern Region officers’ opinion in Community Development Department is in the high level ( = 3.89). When considering in each category, it has revealed that three factors are in the high level in descending order. These are the effectiveness ( = 3.97), efficiency (= 3.87) and  ustainability ( = 3.85) respectively. Successful internal factors in policy implementation include officers opinion, complexity of process-oriented in policy implementation, the understanding of policy and plan, the capability of human resources. The external factors include the relationship between government a lagencies, the clear of policy and plan, the strict of monitoring system, the support of superior position, economic condition, the response and support of communities and social respectively.