scholarly journals The impact of rural transportation infrastructure on rural economic development

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Rural Financial Development Impacts on Agricultural Technology Innovation: Evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1110
Author(s):  
Yuyu Liu ◽  
Duan Ji ◽  
Lin Zhang ◽  
Jingjing An ◽  
Wenyan Sun
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Agricultural Technology ◽  
Rural Finance ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Agricultural technology innovation is key for improving productivity, sustainability, and resilience in food production and agriculture to contribute to public health. Using panel data of 31 provinces in China from 2003 to 2015, this study examines the impact of rural financial development on agricultural technology innovation from the perspective of rural financial scale and rural finance efficiency. Furthermore, it examines how the effects of rural financial development vary in regions with different levels of marketization and economic development. The empirical results show that the development of rural finance has a significant and positive effect on the level of agricultural technology innovation. Rural finance efficiency has a significantly positive effect on innovation in regions with a low degree of marketization, while the rural financial scale has a significantly positive effect on technological innovation in regions with a high degree of marketization. Further analysis showed that improving the level of agricultural technology innovation is conducive to rural economic development. This study provides new insights into the effects of rural financial development on sustainable agricultural development from the perspective of agricultural technology innovation.

scholarly journals Conceptual framework for rural business models

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1130-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florina Răzvanţă Puie
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
Rural Entrepreneurship ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Business models have been developed to contribute to rural economic development, being used to create, deliver and capture economic and social value. The aim of this paper is to conceptualize the context of developing business models in rural areas, how these have evolved over time and what is the impact on future strategies in community development based on rural entrepreneurship. The increasing focus and attention on business model innovation has been seen among researchers in the last two decades, and several studies have been conducted to define the concept of business modeling. However, variations in business model definitions are noticeable and opinions regarding its components, structure and relationships inside a business vary as well. The literature review provided significant definitions on the key concepts on business models in rural entrepreneurship. The results of the research are to contribute in developing a framework on the understanding of various terms, such as business model, rural entrepreneurship, community development, and innovative entrepreneurship, with reference to shedding some light on conceptual meaning, purpose, methodology and scope of application. Capturing the existing trends in economic development in rural areas could be performed, based on the literature reviewed in this paper, in order to analyze the potential for diversification of economic activities, by finding the business models already implemented in the rural communities and measuring the impact they had on community development. In this way, a structure for a business model and an emphasis on business opportunities for the rural areas of interest could be developed.

scholarly journals National Development Plan as an Entrepreneurial Mechanism for Rural Economic Development in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Elvin Shava ◽  
Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
National Development Plan ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
The Impact

Chapter 6 of the National Development Plan (NDP) accentuates on the impact of an integrated and inclusive rural economy by proposing for the creation 643 000 direct jobs and 326 000 indirect jobs in the farming and non-farming sector by 2030. Discussion within the study reveals that, the NDP was also designed to stimulate rural economic development among other important dynamic economic factors of the country. However, five years into the implementation of the NDP, remnants of inequality, unemployment and poverty are still apparent amongst the rural population. This paper indicates that the success of NDP as an entrepreneurial mechanism is being underpinned by contestations which are emanating from under-financing, lack of entrepreneurial education and research culture, negative attitudes of the people, corruption and red tape. Through a qualitative research approach, the paper observes that, for NDP to be continuously coordinated as an economic initiative, financing of rural projects such as small businesses, cooperatives and other rural development projects should be the government’s key priority. The study concludes that entrepreneurship has to be considered as a prime mover in rural economic development in South Africa since an entrepreneurial economy significantly differs from a non-entrepreneurial one, as evidenced by the economic vigour and sustainable development of its inhabitants.

scholarly journals National Development Plan as an Entrepreneurial Mechanism for Rural Economic Development in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2(J)) ◽  
pp. 234-242
Author(s):  
Elvin Shava ◽  
Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
National Development ◽  
Development Plan ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
National Development Plan ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
The Impact

Chapter 6 of the National Development Plan (NDP) accentuates on the impact of an integrated and inclusive rural economy by proposing for the creation 643 000 direct jobs and 326 000 indirect jobs in the farming and non-farming sector by 2030. Discussion within the study reveals that, the NDP was also designed to stimulate rural economic development among other important dynamic economic factors of the country. However, five years into the implementation of the NDP, remnants of inequality, unemployment and poverty are still apparent amongst the rural population. This paper indicates that the success of NDP as an entrepreneurial mechanism is being underpinned by contestations which are emanating from under-financing, lack of entrepreneurial education and research culture, negative attitudes of the people, corruption and red tape. Through a qualitative research approach, the paper observes that, for NDP to be continuously coordinated as an economic initiative, financing of rural projects such as small businesses, cooperatives and other rural development projects should be the government’s key priority. The study concludes that entrepreneurship has to be considered as a prime mover in rural economic development in South Africa since an entrepreneurial economy significantly differs from a non-entrepreneurial one, as evidenced by the economic vigour and sustainable development of its inhabitants.

scholarly journals Research on the Efficiency and Improvement of Rural Development in China: Based on Two-Stage Network SBM Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2914
Author(s):  
Xiaohong Zhuang ◽  
Zhuyuan Li ◽  
Run Zheng ◽  
Sanggyun Na ◽  
Yulin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Materials ◽  
The Impact

China has always been a major agricultural country, and the issues of agriculture, rural areas and farmers have always been fundamental issues of China’s reform and development. First of all, most previous studies did not combine agricultural development with rural economic development to consider the rural development status. Through the network-slack-based measure (SBM) model, agricultural development and rural economic development are taken as the first stage and the second stage, respectively, to determine the overall efficiency of rural development. Secondly, most previous studies directly selected a number of agricultural materials as inputs to evaluate agricultural production efficiency, and did not consider the impact of a variety of agricultural materials comprehensively. We use the entropy method to calculate a comprehensive index including a variety of agricultural materials. Third, most previous studies did not take into account the harmful effects of agricultural production on the environment. We take carbon emissions and agricultural non-point source pollution (ANPSP) as undesirable outputs into the model, and consider the impact of agricultural production on the ecological environment comprehensively. On the basis of the above innovation, we adopt the two-stage SBM-undesirable model to comprehensively and systematically study the efficiency of rural development in China. Furthermore, the gap of rural development efficiency is determined by sigma convergence and a convergence test. All the data are from the National Bureau of Statistics of China. The results show that the development level of China’s rural agricultural eco-efficiency is significantly higher than that of rural economic development, and the low efficiency of the whole rural development is mainly affected by the low efficiency of rural economic development. The distribution of efficiency value shows that the eastern region is the best, and the development level of the remaining three regions is very low. The regional development gap is large, and this gap still exists for a long period of time. Nevertheless, the efficiency of rural development has improved year by year. Based on empirical analysis, we put forward some feasible suggestions to provide reference for policymakers in formulating rural development policies, narrowing the regional gap and rural sustainable development.

scholarly journals Public Policy Instruments and Dynamics of Economic Development Indicators in Rural Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-1) ◽  
pp. 101-107
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Oghenekohwo ◽  
Irene U. Berezi
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Performance Appraisal ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
Public Policy Instruments ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper focuses on rural economic development that seems grossly reported, neglected and underinvested in Nigeria despite various acclaimed public policies that the sector holds the key to sustainable economic development of the nation. Analysis of the 55 years of sectoral performance appraisal of the Nigerian economy in relation to sustainability is not comprehensive and instructive if it is devoid of a review of development policies that are public and rural driven. This paper therefore, addresses the dynamics, challenges and prospects of public policy instruments as indicative of rural economic development and performance indicators in the overall discourse on sustainable rural economic development in Nigeria. The paper adopted a qualitative approach to show evidences of performance indicators in rural areas in Nigeria. It concludes that public policies have assisted in accelerating the pace of rural development in Nigeria and the impact cannot be wished away for whatever reasons. The paper recommended that, public policies on rural economic development must be community driven, environmental friendly in implementation, social capital impacted and guided by deliberative civic engagement to enhance the buy-in attitude of rural dwellers.

Homestead reduction, economic agglomeration and rural economic development: evidence from Shanghai, China

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongmei Liu ◽  
Guoxiang Li ◽  
Keqiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Construction Land ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
Economic Agglomeration ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe contradiction of construction land in economically developed regions is becoming more prominent, and the scale of construction land in some large cities is close to the ceiling. Therefore, China implemented the policy of construction land reduction in 2014. The main objective is to optimize the stock of homesteads and then help to realize rural revitalization by transferring land indexes across regions. Shanghai took the lead in implementing the reduction policy in 2014, for which reduction acceptance data are available. Thus, this paper evaluates the impact of homestead reduction on rural economic development based on data from towns in Shanghai.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses the difference-in-difference (DID) model to analyze the policy effects of homestead reduction on rural residents' income and industrial integration development. Using economic agglomeration (EA) as a mediating variable, the authors explore how homestead reduction (HR) promotes EA to drive rural economic development and analyze the impact of geographic location and government investment.FindingsHR significantly promotes rural economic development and shows a significant cumulative effect. In the long run, HR can improve rural residents' income and promote industrial integration by promoting EA. The positive effect of HR and EA in suburban regions on industrial integration development is gradually increasing. However, the incentive effect on rural residents' income is weakening. The positive mediating effect of EA is significantly higher in regions with low government investment than in regions with high government investment.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to testing the impact of HR policy on rural economic development and can provide a reference for other regions aiming to implement reduction policy.

Evaluating transportation infrastructure investment on a regional level: a system dynamics simulation

SIMULATION ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 94 (10) ◽  
pp. 943-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhong Wang ◽  
Yingying Zhang ◽  
Lian Lian ◽  
Chenglong Chu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Transportation Infrastructure ◽  
Dynamics Simulation ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Transportation Investment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sd Model

Transportation infrastructure investment (TII) has significant influence on regional economic development. This paper aims to measure the potential economic impact of TII and to help policymakers to evaluate different alternatives and strategies at the regional level through a system dynamics (SD) approach. First, an SD model is established to simulate the impact of TII on the economy and employment. The relationship between transportation investments and economic development is examined and the relevant employment and economic indicators are identified. Second, the variables, flow diagrams, and structural equations of the SD model are defined. Third, the program Vensim is employed to establish the SD model with economy, transportation, and employment subsystems. It is then calibrated based on the historical statistics data in Liaoning Province, China. Finally, scenario analysis of different transportation investment plans is presented. The results will help investors, policymakers, and government agencies to estimate the potential outcomes of proposed transportation investment plans and to further develop optimal policies for transportation investment.

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