Abstract
This community-based or community-dictated development approach involves the movement of the people designed to promote better living for the whole community within the active participation of, and if possible on the initiative of the community concerned. This paper investigated the impact of Community Choose their Project Initiative (CPI) on Community Development in Anambra State between 2014 and 2022. This study adopted the descriptive survey research design, while the Participatory Rural Approach (PRA) formed the theoretical framework of analysis. The study discovered that; Community Choose their Project Initiative significantly helped in the enhancement of community participation in community development projects in Anambra State under the Obiano Administration, 2014-2022. Community project initiative helped to enhance community participation in community development projects in Anambra State under the Obiano Administration. The study concluded that community-based or community-dictated development approach involves the movement of the people designed to promote better living for the whole community within the active participation of, and if possible on the initiative of the community concerned. Based on the foregoing, the study recommended among others that; efforts should be made to encourage people to participate more in community development project and maintenance of projects should be conducted in order to increase the technical sustainability of projects.