Challenges And Prospects Of Urban Land Provision For Investment Purpose, The Case Of Shebe Town, Jimma Zone, Oromia National Regional State,Ethiopia

Abstract

The problem of less economic development of developing countries including Ethiopia is the low investment opportunity. Whereas; the need for economically, social and technology improving of the country led government to attracting domestic and foreign investors while it, increasing investment opportunity by raising the demand of urban land in Ethiopia. However, this research focused to assesses the challenges and prospects of urban land provision for investment purpose by setting three specific objectives and having three research questions. The study demand mixed method, with that of triangulation systems. The design employed was across-sectional method; where the technique was an embedded purposively 18 peoples selected for sample. These were private owners officially invests in the town and government officials whose investment directly concerns’. The data collected by primary and secondary source; analyzed and presented by quantitative and qualitative ways. Based on the finding; prospects of land provision consists decentralization, job opportunity, revenue generation, participate in social affairs, consumption of local raw materials, investment at thin age. The challenges were low infrastructures, institutional challenges, investors related challenge, complex processes and take long waiting times. While, the stakeholders includes; municipal office, town land management, investment office, environmental protection office, zone and regional investment office. The report presented in tables (charts), graphs, figures, and theoretically Finally, recommendation forwarded by researcher includes; capacitating institutions, electronic on line communication, reforming investment office at town levels, set clear institutional coordination’s, define responsibilities, initiate joint venture investment, diversify generating cost of infrastructure and effective management and involving especially figure of societies.