Social and Economic Impacts of Small Projects in Rural Households (Field Study in Some Village of Kafr-Elshiekh and Algharbia Governorates)

This study aims to identify the economic and social impacts of small projects in rural households, as well as the most important obstacles facing these projects, determine the nature of relationship between studied variables and the impact of small projects on economic aspects of rural households; in addition to determine the relationship between independent studied variables and the impact of small projects on the social aspects of rural households. To achieve those objectives Shino and Aryamoon villages in  Kafr-Elshiekh Governorate, and Nawag and Shouber in Algharbia Govemorate were selected randomly. Intentional sample of 200 households was selected from households which own small projects in a village bank. The data was collected by through personal interview using a questionnaire from the operator of the project. The percentages, frequencies and simple correlation coefficient (Pearson), multi correlation coefficient and "T" Test for differences mean in data analysis.
The most important results that conducted from this study were:
- The economic impact of small projects in rural households locates in medium and high category with percent of 85.5%.
- The social impact of small projects in rural households locates in medium and high category with percent of 97%.
- The most important obstacles of working and continuing of small projects, from workers point of view, is the lack of capital that needed for the project 71.5%.
- There was a positive significant relationship between all of: level of education, and participation in formal organizations, and informal social participation, informal, and the level of ambition, and openness geographical, and cultural openness, and the impact of small projects on the economic and social sides.
- There were differences between means of social and economic impacts of small projects for men; additionally there were differences between means of social impacts of small projects for married.
- The results showed that the independent variable interpret together about 21.2% of the variation of small projects impact in economic side, also the independent variables interpret together about 27.8% of the variation of small projects impact in social side