DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY OF THA SA-AT VILLAGE FUND MANAGEMENT, THA SA-AT SUB-DISTRICT, NA DUANG DISTRICT, LOEI PROVINCE

Abstract

               The objectives of the research were (1) to study the opinions of Tha Sa-at Village Fund Committee influencing the committee’s efficiency of fund management, based upon good governance, in Tha Sa-at Sub-district, Na Duang district, Loei province, and (2) to study management guidelines to optimize the committee’s efficiency of village fund management in Tha Sa-at sub-district, Na Duang district, Loei province. The samples of the research were seven members of village fund committee in Tha Sa-at sub-district, Na Duang district, Loei province. The qualitative data were collected through the interview. 

               The research revealed that the opinions of village fund committee on the committee’s fund management, based on good governance, were found to be at a high level. Separately considered in the descending order, there were the rule of law, responsibility, morality, participation, cost-effectiveness or economy, and transparency. The recommendations for good governance-based village fund management in Tha Sa-at sub-district, Na Duang district, Loei province indicated that responsibility or accountability was mostly recommended, followed by transparency, morality, cost-effectiveness, the rule of law and participation, respectively. Those recommendations were aimed at the committee’s understanding to determine activities on monitoring, examining, assessing, and accounting in accordance with the objectives of village fund, and at the combination of village fund borrowers in groups to exchange occupational information.