Who Are Identified as Poor in Rural China’s Targeted Poverty Alleviation Strategy? Applying the Multidimensional Capability Approach

Purpose: This study aims to analyze the role of Mitra Dhuafa Cooperative in Gemolong Sub-district of Sragen, Indonesia, in empowering rural microenterprise, and to analyze its success rate by measuring the correlation between micro financing and the level of capability, and poverty alleviation. Methodology: The method used in this study is quantitative analysis. The data collection was obtained through a survey by distributing questionnaires to 100 members of Mitra Dhuafa Cooperative. The data was analyzed using Somers'd Correlation Test, with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. Main Findings: The result of data analysis shows a positive relation (0.320) between the level of capability of micro business actors and poverty alleviation. The Indicators of empowerment success were measured by Amartya Sen's capability indicators, namely, opportunities and access in the economic, social, health, education, openness, and security fields. The research concludes by stating that Mitra Dhuafa Cooperative has succeeded in reducing the level of poverty by increasing the capability, bargaining power and independence of micro business actors. Applications: This study can be useful for implementing poverty alleviation program and Islamic microfinance programs in rural areas. Novelty/Originality: The combined implementation of Grameen Bank model and Sen’s capability approach to analyze its success for poverty alleviation in rural areas.

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Contrasting Theoretical and Case-Related Thinking in Poverty Alleviation: A Framework Based on the Capability Approach

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3162230 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Judit Juhhsz ◽

Zolttn Bajmmcy ◽

Gyorgy Malovics ◽

Judit GGbert

Keyword(s):

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Capability Approach ◽

The Capability Approach

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The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation

10.1017/9781108885775 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

William Ascher

Keyword(s):

Poverty Alleviation

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Competenza ad agire insieme e senso di iniziativa: il tirocinio per attraversare i confini tra studio e lavoro

EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY ◽

10.3280/ess2-2019oa8622 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 93-102

Author(s):

Fabrizio d'Aniello

Keyword(s):

Professional Growth ◽

Capability Approach ◽

Boundary Crossing ◽

Methodological Framework ◽

Knowledge Models ◽

Internship Experience ◽

Cultural Historical Activity ◽

The University ◽

And Training ◽

The Capability Approach

The pre-eminent motivation behind this contribution lies in the intention to offer students of three-year degree course in education and training sciences and master's degree in pedagogical sciences of the University of Macerata a further support than those already existing, aimed at expanding the educational meaningfulness of the internship experience. The main criticality of such experience is connected with the difficulty in translating knowledge, models, ideas into appropriate activities. This notably refers to the conceptual and educational core of the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship and, consistently, to the skill to act. Therefore, after a deepening of the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship, followed by related pedagogical reflections based on the capability approach, the paper presents an operative proposal aimed at increasing young people's possibilities of action and supporting their personal and professional growth. With regard to this training proposal, the theoretical and methodological framework refers to the third generation cultural historical activity theory and to the tool of the boundary crossing laboratory, variant of the change laboratory

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A Donor Influenced by Local Dynamics

Sociology of Development ◽

10.1525/sod.2016.2.1.51 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 51-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Setsuko Matsuzawa

Keyword(s):

Poverty Alleviation ◽

Rural Poverty ◽

Unintended Consequences ◽

Local Dynamics ◽

Grant Program ◽

Local Actors ◽

Research Interviews ◽

National Model ◽

Management Project ◽

Development Discourses

This article explores the relations between a foreign aid donor and local actors in the context of the dissemination of development discourses and practices in an authoritarian context. It addresses the question “To what extent may the local dynamics alter the original goals of a donor and lead to unintended consequences?” Based on archival research, interviews, and secondary literature, this case study examines the Yunnan Uplands Management Project (YUM) in 1990–95, the Ford Foundation's first grant program on rural poverty alleviation in China. While the Foundation did not attain its main goal of making YUM a national model for poverty alleviation, the local actors were able to use YUM to develop individual capacities and to build roles for themselves as development actors in the form of associations and nongovernmental organizations, resulting in further support from the Foundation. The study contributes to our understanding of donor-local actor dynamics by highlighting the gaps between the original goals of a donor and the perspectives and motivations of local actors. The study suggests that local dynamics may influence the goals of donors and the ways they seek to disseminate development discourses and practices to local actors, despite the common conception of donors as hegemonic or culturally imperialistic.

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