scholarly journals Rural Entrepreneurship through Electricity

2009 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 36-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Chandra Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Power Distribution ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Rural Electrification ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Energy And Environment ◽  
Marketing Innovation ◽  
Rural Entrepreneurship ◽  
End Use

Rural electrification in Nepal is supported mostly by bilateral donors and banks as a top down supply driven activity with emphasis on generation and transmission, but not focusing on supplying electricity to the maximum number of rural people. In the past, rural electrification was awarded as political favors, leading to inefficiency. Further, it could not further the efficient development of energy, which requires marketing innovation. The result of such rural power distribution created a condition where everybody was at fault and a loser. An innovative approach involving the rural communities has the potential of reversing this trend, and allowing communities themselves to manage local rural electrification systems. This approach has raised public interest in Community Development and Rural Electrification with the establishment of about 450 rural electricity communities in Nepal. In anticipation, these communities are willingly contributing 20% matching fund of total rural electrifi cation cost. Since 2003 to 2008, 189,770 households (about 45,000 households annually) have gotten access to electricity in rural areas through the promotion of community-based electricity development. Clearly, this is a signifi cant positive response from the rural population. Like community forestry before it, community rural electrifi cation is also a success story in Nepal. The new approach has paved the way to gender equality. It helped to generate more economic activities, to activate productive end use of electricity, developed rural entrepreneurship and released the poorest of poor population from the ‘bonds’ of the old social structure.Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment Issue No. 4, January, 2009 Page 36-39

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 What Are the Impacts of Social Innovation? A Synthetic Review and Case Study of Community Forestry in the Scottish Highlands

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4359
Author(s):  
Carla Barlagne ◽  
Mariana Melnykovych ◽  
David Miller ◽  
Richard J. Hewitt ◽  
Laura Secco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Community Forestry ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Study Approach

In a context of political and economic austerity, social innovation has been presented as a solution to many social challenges, old and new. It aims to support the introduction of new ideas in response to the current urgent needs and challenges of vulnerable groups and seems to offer promising solutions to the challenges faced by rural areas. Yet the evidence base of the impacts on the sustainable development of rural communities remains scarce. In this paper, we explore social innovation in the context of community forestry and provide a brief synthetic review of key themes linking the two concepts. We examine a case of social innovation in the context of community forestry and analyse its type, extent, and scale of impact in a marginalized rural area of Scotland. Using an in-depth case study approach, we apply a mixed research methodology using quantitative indicators of impact as well as qualitative data. Our results show that social innovation reinforces the social dimension of community forestry. Impacts are highlighted across domains (environmental, social, economic, and institutional/governance) but are mainly limited to local territory. We discuss the significance of those results in the context of community forestry as well as for local development. We formulate policy recommendations to foster and sustain social innovation in rural areas.

scholarly journals Hydrokinetic Energy Opportunity for Rural Electrification in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ogunjuyigbe Ayodeji Samson Olatunji ◽  
Ayodele Temitope Raphael ◽  
Ibitoye Tahir Yomi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Optimal Investment ◽  
Rural Electrification ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Hydrokinetic Energy ◽  
Potential Site

This paper is part of the ongoing research by the Power, Energy, Machine and Drive (PEMD) research group of the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Ibadan. The paper presents various sites with possible hydrokinetic energy potential in Nigeria with the aim of quantifying their energy potential for rural electrification application. Overview of hydrokinetic technology is also presented with the view of highlighting the opportunities and the challenges of the technology for rural electrification. A case study of using hydrokinetic turbine technology in meeting the energy demand of a proposed civic center in a remote community is demonstrated.  Some of the key findings revealed that Nigeria has many untapped hydrokinetic potential site and if adequately harnessed can improve the energy poverty and boost economic activities especially in the isolated and remote rural communities, where adequate river water resource is available. The total estimated untapped hydrokinetic energy potential in Nigeria is 111.15MW with the Northern part of the country having 68.18MW while the Southern part has 42.97MW. The case study shows that harnessing hydrokinetic energy of potential site is promising for rural electrification. This paper is important as it will serve as an initial requirement for optimal investment in hydrokinetic power development in Nigeria.Article History: Received November 16th 2017; Received in revised form April 7th 2018; Accepted April 15th 2018; Available onlineHow to Cite This Article: Olatunji, O.A.S., Raphael, A.T. and Yomi, I.T. (2018) Hydrokinetic Energy Opportunity for Rural Electrification in Nigeria. Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 7(2), 183-190.https://doi.org/10.14710/ijred.7.2.183-190

scholarly journals KAMPUNG PENDIDIKAN DALAM PEMBERDAYAAN PARTISIPASIMASYARAKAT DESA YANG BERKARAKTER DAN BERDAYA SAING

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Hasan Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Local Content ◽  
Education Innovation ◽  
The Village

<p><strong><em>Abstract. </em></strong><em>Education is a process of improvement, strengthening, and refinement of all human potential and potential . Through education, life is expected to experience a change to a better direction. Although the government's efforts in equitable education have been done, but in reality there are still many Indonesian people, especially those who are in the countryside have not received education. Under these conditions, innovations needed to address the potential of rural areas that can support the assurance of increased knowledge through non-formal education for the sustainability of economic activities in rural areas. Therefore, Indonesia needs non-formal education innovation with local content that is Kampung Pendidikan. A social movement project initiated by the youth of the village (Inspirator) as a manifestation of awareness to improve the living standards of rural communities through character education and competitiveness that involves the community to take part in advancing education by learning and innovating by putting forward local content (Local Culture ) to participate in contributing to build Indonesia. There are several Kampung Pendidikan programs: DIDIKMASYARAKAT (Collaboration and Synergy), DIDIKPEMUDA (Global Thinking, Acting Local), DIDIKKAMPUNG. Based on research conducted in Desa Kuajang, Binuang District Polewali Mandar Regency, West Sulawesi, the local community, desperately needs the presence of Kampung Pendidikan as a forum to build the potential of both the village of human resources, as well as natural resources.</em><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords: Kampung Pendidikan, rural, education.</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong>Abstrak. </strong>Pendidikan merupakan proses perbaikan, penguatan, dan penyempurnaan terhadap semua kemampuan dan potensi manusia.Melalui pendidikan, diharapkan kehidupan akan mengalami perubahan ke arah yang lebih baik. Walaupun upaya pemerintah dalam pemerataan pendidikan telah dilakukan, namun dalam kenyataannya masih banyak masyarakat Indonesia khususnya mereka yang berada di pedesaan belum mengenyam pendidikan. Dengan kondisi tersebut maka dibutuhkan inovasi penanganan potensi pedesaan yang dapat mendukung terjaminnya peningkatan pengetahuan melalui pendidikan nonformal demi keberlanjutan kegiatan perekonomian di pedesaan. Olehnya itu Indonesia perlu inovasi pendidikan nonformal yang bernuansa muatan lokal yaituKampung Pendidikan. Sebuah gerakan sosial project yang di inisiasioleh para pemuda kampung (Inspirator) sebagai wujud kepedulian untuk meningkatkan taraf hidup masyarakat desa melalui pendidikan berkarakter dan berdaya saing yang melibatkan masyarakat untuk ambil andil dalam memajukan pendidikan dengan cara belajar dan berinovasi dengan mengedepankan muatan lokal (Budaya Setempat) untuk ikut turut kontribusi membangun Indonesia. Ada beberapa program Kampung Pendidikan yaitu: DIDIKMASYARAKAT (Kolaborasi dan Sinergi), DIDIKPEMUDA (Berpikir Global, Bertindak Lokal), DIDIKKAMPUNG. Berdasarkan penelitian yang dilakukan di di Desa Kuajang, Kecamatan Binuang Kabupaten Polewali Mandar, Sulawesi Barat, masyarakat setempat, sangat membutuhkan hadirnya Kampung Pendidikan sebagai wadah untuk membangun potensi desa baik sumber daya manusia, maupun sumber daya alam. <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Kata Kunci : Kampung Pendidikan, pedesaan, pendidikan. </strong><strong></strong></p>

scholarly journals PEMBERDAYAAN BADAN USAHA MILIK DESA DALAM MENINGATKAN USAHA DAN EKONOMI MASYARAKAT DENGAN PENDEKATAN KELOMPOK DESA JABON KECAMATAN KALIDAWIR KABUPATEN TULUNGAGUNG

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-126
Author(s):  
Siswahyudianto
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Institutional Strengthening ◽  
The People ◽  
The Village

Establishment "BUMDes is also intended to encourage, facilitate, protect and empower economic activities in rural areas that are based on potential" villages or activities both" develop according to the customs and culture of the local community. Village economic institutional strengthening is ultimately intended to improve the socio-economic welfare of rural communities and support the optimization of poverty alleviation programs. The vision of BUMDes "Mekar Jaya" is to realize the welfare of the people of Jabon Village through the development of economic businesses and social services, with the motto, let's build the village together. Based on village deliberations, the village empowerment program concentrates on agriculture, fisheries and computer technology for entrepreneurs.

scholarly journals Juridical Reviews on Branchless Banking Toward the Potential of Fraud Due to the Using of Agent

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68
Author(s):  
Winarsih Winarsih
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Asean Economic Community

Branchless banking is a new system which is implemented by banks in Indonesiawith aims to provide services to rural communities in order to access bankingservices such as lending or deposit money in the bank through an intermediaryagent. At first the rural communities are hard to obtain banking facilities such asmicro-credit whereas economic activities are largely actuated by lower-classsector therefore the Financial Services Authority or Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK)issued the regulation number. 19/POJK.03/2014 about the financial serviceswithout office in the framework of financial inclusion on November 18, 2014 toface it. In this regulation, there are several things that need to be reviewed suchassessment accountability arrangements of agent as a third party who is notclearly regulated whereas according to some research there are some risk in themechanism of implementation like as potential of fraud due to the using of agentin this system. Though basically branchless banking is one of the strategicnational strategies to provide financing to small businesses in rural areas in orderto increase the competitiveness of products to compete in the ASEAN economiccommunity. Therefore, a legal instrument that can ensure and provide legalcertainty in branchless banking system is a very important thing, more overbranchless banking is the strategic of government to develop the quality of therural economy to face the ASEAN economic community.

scholarly journals How the role of ATM technology encourage financial efficiency on Madura villagers?

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Alifah Rokhmah Idialis ◽  
Sariyani Sariyani ◽  
Ayu Delawati Prasetyoningtyas ◽  
Roechainy Kartika Ulfa
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Financial Efficiency ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Automatic Teller Machine ◽  
Financial Technology

Nowadays, the necessity and utilization of Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) technologies increase in rural areas.  Financial technology became a crucial thing and created efficiency in their activities. Some previous research uncovers technology that could create efficiency in the economy, including financial technology. This paper, interest in investigating and detect how ATM technology establishes financial efficiency on villagers. This research was conducted in rural communities on the island of Madura, Indonesia. This study uses SFA (Stochastic Frontier Analysis) model to estimate technical efficiency. This research found out that ATMs in rural communities on Madura Island produce highly financial efficiency. It proved that the villagers in Madura need ATM technology for carrying out their economic activities.  

scholarly journals Characterization of Social Capital Using a Nested Latent Class Model: Case of Rural Areas in Central Malawi

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Joseph Dzanja
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Communities ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Latent Class Model ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Model Case

Social capital relates to capital created when a group of individuals or organizations develop the ability to work together for mutually productive gain. Gains in economic performance and innovative capacity depend on the institutional effectiveness of these relationships as measured by the available stock of social capital. Studies on social capital have however, been criticized for failing to account for the multi-dimensional and latent nature of the concept. Using household survey data from Malawi, this study uses latent class analytical methods to explore social capital and how it relates to welfare of people in rural communities in Malawi in Africa. It highlights the usefulness of latent class analytical methods for providing statistically valid information about the characteristics and determinants of social capital. Using the social capital dimensions of trust, participation and volunteering a four class LCA typology was constructed. Around 30% of the sample were classified as ‘trusty participants’, reporting active participation in the socio-economic activities of their communities and a high degree of community and institutional trust. Multinomial logistic regression revealed the covariates of the different typologies of social capital.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship as a Mechanism to Strengthen Rural Communities

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
Ignacio Ortiz Betancourt ◽  
María del Carmen Meza Téllez ◽  
Patricia Margarita Villar Sánchez ◽  
Leidy Margarita López Castro ◽  
Jorge Samuel Berdón Carrasco
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rural Tourism ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Rural Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship has positioned itself as one of the main goals of both public and private agencies. This topic has been linked to urban areas population, marginalizing different groups and sectors, including the inhabitants of the rural areas have been included, which, usually considered by their lower income and social welfare, due to their inability to access sources of employment and services. Then, this research parts from a theoretical review of rural entrepreneurship and subsequently, explores the results from the application of a research instrument, focused on the perception of a group of rural tourism entrepreneurs was measured about the scope of their projects, pointing out the faced barriers and the gains that have been produced in their communities.

scholarly journals Towards Social Entrepreneurship in the Village through Village-Owned Enterprises

Society ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Muryanti Muryanti
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
The Village

Social entrepreneurship is an important concept for realizing the welfare of rural communities. This concept refers to the dedication of individuals, who have the character of a leader, who collaborates actively with their communities, to realize collective welfare. This research aims to analyze the role of Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) in improving the welfare of rural communities through social entrepreneurship. This research was qualitative. The data collection technique used in this research was the observation. The results of observations are then analyzed, combined, and enriched with secondary data. The results showed that BUMDes is an institution in rural areas, which has an important role in encouraging and supporting the principles of social entrepreneurship in rural communities. However, the various BUMDes activities and innovations have not yet provided significant changes for the village such as job opportunities for rural youth and various economic activities in rural areas to improve the local economy. Strengthening the social system in the village is needed to realize social entrepreneurship comprehensively through the active collaboration of village leaders and the community. Village fund management by BUMDes needs to be continued and evaluated in its implementation.

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