Institutional Arrangements, Challenges And Prospects Of Urban Land Supply For Investment In Jimma City, Jimma Zone, Oromia National Regional State, South West Ethiopia

Abstract

This study was aimed to investigate the institutional arrangement, Challenges and prospects of urban land supply for investment purposes in Jimma City Administration, Oromia National Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia. To meet the intended target, a cross-sectional research design was utilized. The unit of analysis of the study was both governmental and private investments. To answer research questions and attain those research objectives stated earlier, both primary and secondary data sources were employed. The primary data were gathered from respondents, while secondary data were gathered through document analysis. The sampling process was undertaken at two different stages. The first stage sampling involved the selection of total number of private investors who received investment permits from the Jimma town was stratified into four sectors using type of their investment sector activates. The second stage to draw a sample of the study simple random sampling was applied to select 177 private investors while purposive sampling technique was employed to select 17 government officials. Empirical data was collected using both primary and secondary sources. Questionnaire was use to gather data from private investors; in depth interview was done with governmental officials; and observation was employed to gather data from the field through non participant observation. Data collected from different sources was presented in the form of tables, photo, and charts. The results show that formal urban land supply system for investment purpose is not encouraging private investors in Jimma town. Challenges of formal urban land supply system for investment purposes are affect the socio-economic development of the town. Finally, to address these challenges and solve the problems the suggested responses are forwarded to the town administration, concerned bodies and stakeholders in order to prepare manageable procedures, examine state-wide role of stakeholders, and provide strategies to reduce challenges of urban land supply system for investment uses.