Dual Incentives and Dual Asset Building: Policy Implications of the Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan Programme in China

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
BAORONG GUO ◽  
JIN HUANG ◽  
MICHAEL SHERRADEN ◽  
LI ZOU
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Asset Building ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Security Funds ◽  
Policy Incentives ◽  
Building Policy

AbstractThe Hutubi Rural Social Security Loan programme is a policy innovation in a rural area of China, which loans savings in social security accounts back to peasants for them to buy assets for agricultural and other development. In contrast to the nationwide recession in rural social security, this programme has shown its success in proliferating rural social security funds and retaining social security participants. With a focus on the administrative data of the loan programme, this study aims to provide an in-depth understanding of the loan programme and examine how asset building is possible for the poor when institutional incentives are offered. The findings show that when proper policy incentives are provided, poor peasants can build assets. The Hutubi programme may be a good model for other rural areas in China and other developing countries.

scholarly journals Prospects of PPP in Expanding ICT Services in Rural Bangladesh: A Case of Union Digital Center

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Mohammad Aminur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Rural Bangladesh ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Digital Services ◽  
Modern Economic Growth ◽  
Development Objectives

ICTs have appeared to be one of the driving factors of modern economic growth with multilayered impacts on different aspects of the economy and society particularly in developing countries. However, due to infrastructural bottlenecks and huge initial investment requirements, although public and private sectors have been working with their respective motives, a vast majority of population in Bangladesh especially in the rural areas still do not have functional access to internet facilities and digital services. On the above backdrop, based on the survey of secondary sources of information, this paper attempts to review the prospects of public private partnership in expanding ICTs and digital services in rural Bangladesh and as to what extent it contributes to reducing digital divide and achieving broader development objectives. Drawing from the experiences of other developing countries and thoroughly taking into account the case of union information and service centers in Union Parishad level in Bangladesh, this paper makes it evident that neither pubic nor private bodies can render the poor and rural people the access to digital services in a segregated manner except without a joint endeavour or partnership for good. It is emphasized that PPP can be a viable option in expanding digital internet services to the poor and marginalized population in rural Bangladesh.

Forest Income and Rural Livelihoods in West Bengal, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 232102222110243
Author(s):  
Biswajit Ray ◽  
Promita Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Forest Income ◽  
Poverty And Inequality

To what extent forests contribute to rural livelihoods in developing countries? To find a plausible answer for this, this article explores whether inclusion of forest income to rural households’ total income accounts reduces poverty and income inequality, and also enables rural households to cope with shocks. To this end, we conducted household surveys in eight forest-dependent villages in the Indian state of West Bengal between August 2016 and August 2017. Using data from 407 sample households, we measured forest income of a household as the aggregate monetary value of resources extracted solely from forest ecosystem and compared this with other economic activities of the households. We calculated poverty indices and Gini coefficient with and without forest income, and we employed regression and Gini decomposition techniques to assess the safety net role and relative contribution of forest income to reducing rural poverty and inequality when compared to other sources of income. We found that the addition of forest income to household accounts significantly reduces measured poverty and inequality. Besides, the sample households, especially the poor, extract more from forests to cope with severe covariate shocks due to greater income certainty and thus adopt forest-dominated coping strategy in time of shocks and crises. The implication is that forest income needs to sustainably flow to the poor along with the development of better safety nets in forested rural areas in order to improve the forest-based rural livelihoods in developing countries like India. JEL Codes: Q23, Q56, Q57

scholarly journals International Child Development Accounts

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Sherraden ◽  
Li-Chen Cheng ◽  
Fred M. Ssewamala ◽  
Youngmi Kim ◽  
Vernon Loke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Child Development ◽  
National Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Policy Innovation ◽  
Asset Building ◽  
Child Development Accounts ◽  
The Poor ◽  
International Child ◽  
The World ◽  
Policies And Programs

Child Development Accounts (CDAs) are subsidized savings or investment accounts to help people accumulate assets for developmental purposes and life course needs. They are envisioned as universal (everyone participates), progressive (greater subsidies for the poor), and potentially lifelong national policy. These features distinguish CDAs from most existing asset-building policies and programs around the world, which are typically regressive, giving greater benefits to the well-off. With policy innovation in recent years, several countries now have national CDA policies, and four states in the United States have statewide programs. Some of these are designed to be universal and progressive. Evidence indicates that true universality can be achieved, but only with automatic account opening and automatic deposits. In the absence of automatic features, advantaged families participate and benefit more. Today, momentum for universal and automatic features is gradually gaining traction and accelerating. At this stage in the emergence of inclusive asset-based policy, this is the most important development.

scholarly journals PERAN DAN MAKNA SUMBANGAN DALAM MASYARAKAT PEDESAAN JAWA

Populasi ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pande Made Kutanegara
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Security System ◽  
Cultural Transformation ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Security System ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Social

Every society collectively develops a certain system or institution which can be used to solve various problems in their life. The rural Javanese society has developed an activity to assist one another, either in the form of service, goods or money. This kind of activity is a social security system that is very important to them. This activity holds two meanings. First, it is a tool to reduce the burden of others, and the second is it creates and enhances the social solidarity of the group. In this context, helping one another has changed the feeling of insecurity to security among group of people. During a social, economic, and cultural transformation process in the Javanese rural areas, it turns out that this model of assisting one another is not always successful. On the contrary, it has created the feeling of insecurity among groups in society, especially the poor.

Africa Revisited

2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-48
Author(s):  
Bernard Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
And Training ◽  
Special Health

Lord Crisp, in his new role as the prime minister's special health adviser, visited Ethiopia among other countries in Africa to assess their healthcare needs. I met to brief him on the College's role in education and training, which is led by the international office in collaboration with the specialist associations (see previous Bulletin articles: April 2006, page 114; June 2006, page 202; and November 2006, page 350). I informed him that we are keen to establish a register of surgeons who would be prepared to work in developing countries to support local training programmes. He asked if we had any strategies for supporting those patients in the poor rural areas who are unable to access care in the cities.

scholarly journals Health, Nutrition and Care for Senior Citizens of Nepal in Twenty First Century

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushil Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
First Century ◽  
Income Source ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
High Level

Modernization has a greater impact over the population ageing from developed to developing countries. Nepal also could not remain untouched by it. Urbanization, social transformation and migration to immigration type of social phenomenon have been separating the family members. Not only that but also the desire of living with freedom and independent life has a powerful effect upon the life of senior citizens in Nepal. Lack of education, social security by government and sufficient income source of a notable population after 60s is living under poor standard. The occupation of farming in the past used to be common in joint family life including very less number representing the high level business family. Where there was not such a problem of isolation and lack of nutrition and care for those citizens due to level of education. A large number living in the rural areas whether single or old couple has rare choice of food due to income even it is quite difficult to afford for simple medicine. The population of the less developed regions is ageing rapidly, too. Over the next four decades, the population aged 60 and over in the developing world is projected to triple from 473 million in 2009 to 1.6 billion in 2050. The older population itself is ageing at an accelerated rate with the population aged 80 and over projected to increase four-fold, to reach 395 million in 2050. The Second World Assembly on Ageing, which took place in Madrid, Spain, in April 2002, adopted the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, to respond to the opportunities and challenges of population ageing in the twenty-first century and to promote the development of a society for all ages. In this context Nepal has to prepare a draft of own charter to address the issues of aging population. Key words: Modernization, Population ageing, Developing countries, Health, Social Security

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