ROLE OF SMALL CITIES IN THE REVITALIZATION OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) aimed at providing direct employment to the deserving rural people has been in operation for last many years. The present study had conducted to assess the role of NREGA programme with the following specific objectives: (i) To study socio-economic profile of the beneficiaries of NREGA (ii) To assess the contribution of NREGA in socio-economic development of its beneficiaries (iii) To identify the factors of success and failure (iv) To render suitable suggestions for further improvement in the NREGA programme. Research gap of this study was to analyze the profitability of social programmes being initiated by governments. Results showed Socio-economic profile of the respondents that most of the respondents were male, in the middle age group, hailing from Schedule Caste category and were having little education and low income level. The profile of beneficiaries of NREGA programme indicated that the benefits of this programme is going to the deserving people. Rural connectivity (repair of roads etc.), village cleanliness, plantation were the major areas in which the NREGA beneficiaries worked under the supervision of a Mate. The village Sarpanch proved to be the major person who made aware to the beneficiary and helped them to get employment under this programme. On an average beneficiary of NREGA got employment for 15 days in a month. All the beneficiaries of the NREGA programme got prescribed wage i.e. Rs.123 per day which was paid timely to the respondents. 1/5th of the respondents held that dependency on the farmers had reduced after joining NREGA programme and also wage rate had increased in other activities in villages due to the arrival of NREGA programme. 38 per cent of the respondents opined that NREGA activities helped them to remove idleness whereas 25 per cent of respondents felt more social recognized after joining NREGA. Overall the launching of NREGA programme had increased the demand for labour in rural areas. The non beneficiary of NREGA programme did not join the NREGA largely due to social inhibition (not ready to do labour in own village), low wage rate and irregularity of work. Irregular grants and work opportunities, less wage rate were the major constrains experienced by the beneficiaries of NREGA. Regularity in grants, generating adequate employment opportunity may prove more useful for NREGA beneficiary and society at large.

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Role of Radio Pakistan in Advancing Socio-Economic Development of Rural Areas

Global Regional Review ◽

10.31703/grr.2019(iv-ii).38 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol IV (II) ◽

pp. 359-363

Author(s):

Anila Saleem ◽

Wajiha Raza Rizvi ◽

Maria Saleem

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Social Indicators ◽

Survey Method ◽

Radio Stations ◽

Research Survey ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

Medium Enterprise ◽

Education Culture

This doctoral study examines the role of Radio Pakistan in influencing socio-economic development in Central Punjab through its radio stations situated in Lahore, Faisalabad, and Sargodha by analyzing the policy, content and the format of the programs related to socio-economic development focusing on the social indicators of religion, healthcare, education, culture, and politics as well as economic indicators of agriculture, trade & business, small & medium enterprise, infrastructure, and China Pakistan Economic Corridor during 2008-2013. The research design of this study included the qualitative approach of research. Survey method from radio listeners of Radio Pakistan Lahore, Faisalabad and Sargodha. Although a lot of appreciable work has done by the radio which is the biggest source of information in rural areas but still more work is needed to be done. Through radio Pakistan, it is now easier for women to get an education without making opponents to their parents and strict family heads.

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Role of seasonality in the socio-economic development of rural areas of the southern part of the Republic of Karelia

Miscellanea Geographica ◽

10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0015 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 51-61

Author(s):

Alexey Naumov ◽

Varvara Akimova ◽

Daria Elmanova ◽

Elizaveta Velichko ◽

Mikhail Topnikov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Local Community ◽

Rural Settlements ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

Different Seasons ◽

Negative Effect ◽

The Republic ◽

The Impact

AbstractThe objective of this work is to analyze the impact of seasonality on the socio-economic development of rural areas of the southern part of Karelia. This study is based on the field data obtained via semi-structured in-depth interviews with experts from the local community. The results show that the influence of seasonality is rather indirect, being a constituent of other factors: economic, infrastructural, institutional, social, etc. Although seasonality is most often perceived as a negative phenomenon regarding socio-economic development, modern types of economic activity characterized by a peak of activity in different seasons of the year mitigate the effect of seasonality and even benefit from being seasonal. Based on the materials collected, a typology of rural settlements of the southern part of Karelia based on the nature of the effect of seasonality has been developed (with a predominantly positive and predominantly negative effect).

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THE ROLE OF MEDIUM AND SMALL CITIES IN DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN

GEOGRAPHY AND TOURISM ◽

10.17721/2308-135x.2020.55.37-42 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 37-42

Author(s):

Lamiya Abasova

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Regional Development ◽

Economic Structure ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Industrial Products ◽

Small Cities ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

The Republic

The aim of the study is to analyze еhe role of medium and small cities in development of regions in the Republic of Azerbaijan Methods. The study used the method of comparative historical methods, statistics, analyze. Results. As a result, recommendations and suggestions were made to regulate the economic structure of small and medium-sized cities, and to increase the role of the regions in the development of the country. One of the main directions of socio-economic development are the reconstruction of the economic structure of small and medium-sized cities, the creation of new production and service facilities in these areas, and the organization of public services at the level of modern requirements. With these activities, new workplaces will be created and cities will play a role in the development of the country. Scientific novelty. Cities play an important role in the location of agricultural areas and population, in the processing of natural resources and agricultural products. These factors have a significant impact on regional development as well. Most of the cities in Azerbaijan are medium and small. Therefore it covers all regions of the country. Given this, it is possible to ensure the socio-economic development of the regions by developing small and medium-sized cities. However, the role of the regions in the socio-economic development of the country is still weak. It shows itself in the production of more industrial products. To solve the problem, it is necessary to construct new light and food industry facilities and service facilities in the regions. Natural and geographical conditions, the use of natural resources, and EGP are influenced by urban development in Azerbaijan. The majority of urban areas in the country are located in plains and foothills, close to water basins and the Caspian coast. For many years the processing of agricultural products has been the basis of urban economic structures. Different objects of the secondary industry are functioning in the cities due to the diversified structure of agriculture. However, during the transition period, their activities stopped, the production of industrial products declined and workplaces were closed. This factor has slowed the decrease of the urban population and increased migration. During the preparing of the article, the annual reports of the State Statistical Committee on regional development, industry, socio-cultural development played a statistical base role.

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THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT’S POTENTIAL AS A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

Proccedings of International Scientific Conference "RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2017" ◽

10.15544/rd.2017.120 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Małgorzata DUDZIŃSKA ◽

Barbara PRUS ◽

Stanisław BACIOR

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Driving Force ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Economic Determinants ◽

Human Needs ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

Literature Highlight ◽

And Performance

All definitions of the natural environment’s potential provided by the literature highlight the role of humans as entities making use of environmental resources. The natural environment creates conditions for life processes to occur by supplying raw materials and energy required to satisfy various human needs. It provides a basis and a precondition for socio-economic development. It is, however, difficult to define the natural environment’s potential in its entirety, therefore the study focused on the resource-and-performance aspect of this potential. Hence, the article aims at identifying the relationships between the level of the natural environment’s potential and the level of socio-economic development of communes. The study involved communes located in Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship. The study was carried out in several stages and involved an analysis of the level of the natural environment’s potential as well as of the meta-indicator that shows the socio-economic determinants of communes in a synthetic manner. The analysis of the relationships between the level of the natural environment’s potential and the socio-economic development was performed using the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient.

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Perception of the role of culture in the development of small cities by local governments in the context of strategic documents – a case study of Poland

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series ◽

10.1515/bog-2017-0038 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (38) ◽

pp. 119-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Stefania Środa-Murawska ◽

Jadwiga Biegańska ◽

Leszek Dąbrowski

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Urban Space ◽

Local Governments ◽

Western Europe ◽

Local Development ◽

Small Cities ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

Cultural Sector ◽

Post Industrial

AbstractIt is widely accepted that the cultural sector and the creative sector have an impact on the socio-economic revival of cities. They create urban images, form a specific creative milieu, generate new jobs, and organize urban space. The above-mentioned observations have been mainly referred to the largest cities. So far, small cities have not been the subject of similar considerations. As many studies have shown in recent years, the potential of culture for socio-economic development in small cities has been noticed more and more often. It refers mainly to countries in Western Europe or in North America where generally, in the 1980s, the cultural sector was perceived as a remedy for the problems of post-industrial cities. This paper discusses the role of culture in the development of small cities in Poland, i.e. in a country in which only after 1989 is it possible to consider local development managed by local communities. The paper aims at showing how local governments of small cities in Poland perceive the role of culture in their development. The study is based on the analysis of strategic documents dedicated to the development of individual cities. When analysed, strategic documents clearly indicate that local authorities in every city use and are planning to further use different types of cultural activities for the enhancement or development of selected elements included in the broadly-understood socio-economic development; however, only few small cities notice the wide array of opportunities for making the cultural sector a base for socio-economic development.

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Strategic Directions for the Rural Territories Development of Agricultural Specialization (on the Example of the Altai Territory)

Management Science ◽

10.26794/2304-022x-2019-9-3-6-16 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 6-16

Author(s):

G. M. Gritsenko ◽

М. V. Меshina ◽

О. А. Povolotskaya

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Governance System ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

The Subject ◽

Effective Development ◽

Managerial Level ◽

Municipal Level ◽

New Jobs

The role of the municipal level in the country’s governance system is underestimated. Most of the rural areas are located far from the centers of socio-economic development with no ability for independent budget formation and the management of rural areas is carried out by untrained personnel. The Altai region has the largest number of rural municipalities and has agricultural specialization, so the subject of the article is the problems of rural areas’ development of agricultural specialization at the managerial level. The purpose of the study is to identify and substantiate the most important elements of rural areas to highlight it as an object of strategic planning. The directions and mechanisms of interaction should be taken into account in the complex programs of socio-economic development of rural areas, such approaches will attract investments to the territory, ensure the creation of new jobs and reduce the outflow of population to cities. The Altai territory is one of the pilot regions, where the use of digital technologies in agriculture is actively introduced, which emphasizes the importance of effective development of the region.

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Sociostructural Aspects of Socio-Economic Development:The role of Economic approach

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2014-3-86-105 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 86-105

Author(s):

M. Shabanova

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Structural Factors ◽

Economic Approach ◽

Economic Agents ◽

Socio Economic Development

The author discusses the importance of studying socio-structural factors of socio-economic development through a broader application of the economic approach. The resources of status positions of economic agents are in the spotlight. A possible platform for interdisciplinary interactions is proposed which allows to increase the contribution of both economics and sociology in improving governance at all levels.

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