scholarly journals The Economic Impact, Contribution, and Challenges of Micro Business Enterprises to the Local Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-122
Author(s):  
Joyfe G. Quingco ◽  
Carmenda S. Leonoras

Micro Business Enterprises (MBEs) is the lifeblood for economic development. Using a descriptive quantitative research design, the study aimed to investigate the impact of MBEs to economic development.  As to impact, in general, it was of a moderate extent. Among the indicators, technology has the highest mean interpreted to a high extent, while infrastructure development scored the lowest mean score, which reflected a moderate degree. The study further delved into the economic contribution and challenges encountered by MBEs. The findings basically implied that MBEs were rooted in the entrepreneur's commitment to do business that promotes progress and development to the local economy.  

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-90
Author(s):  
Juan-Luis Klein ◽  
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay ◽  
Laurent Sauvage ◽  
Leila Ghaffari ◽  
Wilfredo Angulo

This article focuses on cultural and creative activities and the development of local communities. Several studies on North America, Europe and Latin America have shown that this type of activity may have a positive impact on the local economy and living environments, and in particular on the sense of territorial belonging and on relations between citizens. In this text, we propose a reading of the impact of neighborhood cultural initiatives in the context of local socio-economic development based on a set of indicators of the local cultural vitality of a neighborhood. The empirical research was carried out in Montreal, namely on two boroughs: Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie and Sud-Ouest.


Geografie ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-53
Author(s):  
Richard Filčák ◽  
Alena Rochovská ◽  
Marcel Horňák

Transport infrastructure development is considered one of the basic structural preconditions of competitiveness, growth and economic development in Slovakia. Transport network upgrading in the country has recently been focused mainly on road and motorway networks. The goal of this paper is to contribute to existing approaches to transport infrastructure impact assessment. The paper presents selected results of qualitative research focused on an analysis of the R1 expressway (as a part of TEN-T network) and its impacts on the economic, social and environmental dimensions of life at the local territorial level. The paper also seeks to answer the basic question, whether and to what extent the new section of the expressway brings any stimuli to regional or local development. Qualitative research realized by field sociological methods has shown new data and information necessary for a complex assessment of transport infrastructure impacts on social and economic development of regions. We assume that these impacts should not be based purely on mathematic and statistical research methods.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-41
Author(s):  
Yetty Yetty ◽  
Abdurrahman Senuk ◽  
Chairullah Amin

The local development approach based on islands is different with the developing of land area. The natural limitations possessed by the islands region that constrained by some characteristics such as isolation, smallness, boundless, and fragmentation. The study analyzes the impact of port connectivity to the local economic development by taking the case in the island province (North Maluku) in east Indonesia. The analysis method using the panel data model of 9 residences in period 2010-2016 in which the indicators that used are GDP, roadway, port throughput, economic density, and also container port, sea-tollway as the dummy variables. According to the common effect, model shows that all independent variables have a significant influence on the GDP except roadway. While based on Hausman test suggest that random effect model is more appropriated than FEM of which the result shows that container port and sea-tollway have not a significant impact on the GDP. These results implied that the policy of port connectivity within sea-tollway is not effective to improve the local economic development in particular in the islands based on region.


2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas A. Akudugu

In recent times, the term ‘local economic development’ has been conceptualised and introduced as a bottom-up participatory development strategy in Ghana. It is intended to be implemented at the district level to facilitate the revitalisation of the local economy and create jobs for local residents. Using in-depth interviews and the analysis of relevant policy documents, this paper evaluates efforts aimed at institutionalising the practice in local institutional frameworks and development planning practice in the country. The paper found out that processes aimed at institutionalising contemporary local economic development practice in Ghana are not making any meaningful impact. Institutional frameworks such as the structuring of development policymaking and planning in the country are still rigid and promote bureaucratic top-down development decision-making processes. Similarly, the promotion of a meaningful bottom-up decentralised planning system is only a well-packaged talk by policymakers in the country. Evidence shows that there is a clear lack of political will to implement reforms, particularly the new decentralisation policy that seeks to make District Assemblies in Ghana responsive to local economic development promotion. There is the need for a conscious effort towards making local economic development practice matter in national and local development endeavour in Ghana.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Chinaza Solomon Ironsi ◽  
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Hanife Bensen Bostanci

A lot has been written with regards to anxiety in education and how it affects academic performance of students though little is known on the impact of test anxiety or examinations on pre-service language teachers. This study decided to examine the role of examinations in inducing anxiety among EFL learners and the extent to which this affects academic performance of students. In order to achieve this, a quantitative research design was used for this study. A questionnaire was used to elicit information from the participants and the instrument was distributed to 55 EFL learners to elicit information on their opinions regarding the influence of test anxiety on the students. The instruments were face validated as well checked for reliability. After collecting the data and carrying out analysis, findings derived from the study were used to make valid pedagogical conclusions on the impact of test anxiety on EFL learners


2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-127
Author(s):  
Caroline Piquet

For over a century in Egypt, the Suez Canal Company reflected the role of the concession in European economic expansion overseas. Concession was a European business practice widespread in Egypt; it was an institution inherited from a system of privileges for Europeans since the Middle Ages. It promised a way for Egypt to adopt modern infrastructures and receive needed European help for digging the canal. The results of the Suez Company are indisputable: the desert of the Suez Isthmus became a lively economic region with active ports, growing cities, and an expanding labor force. And the region was linked to the rest of the country by a new road network. At the same time, however, the concession system denied Egypt full benefit of this infrastructure. The canal served the financial and strategic interests of the company, not the interests of the local economy. This outcome embodied all the contradictions of the concession system: on the one hand, concessions were a necessity for modern infrastructure development in Egypt; on the other, they were a hindrance to further national economic development.


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Farida Arianti

This study investigated the contribution of the success of local migrants (perantau) from Atar toward the economic development of the community in the region of origin, and the factors contributing to the success . This study was a quantitative research that sought the extent of the contribution of the success of perantau to the economic development of communities in the area of origin.  The data were collected by using questionnaire and analyzed by using linear regressional analysis. The findings showd that the influence of solidarity on economic improvement can be seen as follow: Y = 23.326 + 0.014.  X. This showed that each one unit solidarity increased the economy of 0.014. Factors contributing to the impact of the success were the desire to develop Atar community in the business of photocopying. In addition, seeking independent work and not becoming employee forever.


Author(s):  
Wirginia Aksztejn ◽  
Paweł Swianiewicz ◽  
Katarzyna Szmigiel-Rawska

The aim of this study was to investigate the dynamics of local development in the Polish-German borderland in the process of European integration. Taking the perspective of the economically weaker partner (Poland) and its inner market, fiscal and socio-economic indicators were used to depict both spatial and time dimension of the phenomenon. The analysis showed that the dynamics of local economy, foreign investment and labour market have been changing with the advancement of debordering process and had a non-linear character. Furthermore, the legal barriers earlier imposed by the state border were replaced by other limitations for the new common market – more socio-economic in nature. As a result the immediate neighbourhood of the border was the first beneficiary of the European integration initiated in the nineties and the first to experience its drawbacks.


Author(s):  
Mariola CHRZANOWSKA ◽  
Monika ZIELIŃSKA-SITKIEWICZ

Mazowieckie Province is a unique area of Poland. It is characterised by social and economic diversification. Located in this province, Warsaw strongly influences the development of neighbouring rural areas. On the other hand, rural municipalities whose socio-economic parameters are among the lowest in the country are located within several dozen kilometres from the centre of the capital. Such disparities show that Mazowieckie is characterised by large interregional differences in its internal structure. This is an interesting research area that requires the analysis of socio-economic development in this region to be conducted in a multidimensional way. The aim of this study is to evaluate the spatial differentiation of the level of socio-economic development of rural areas in Mazowieckie Province. Linear ordering was used to determine the level of socio-economic development. The results of the study are consistent with core-periphery theory. The large urban centres that function as the centres for the surrounding rural areas have the greatest impact on the level of rural development. The impact of smaller towns can also be noticed. They often are the local development centres for surrounding villages.


Author(s):  
Puspita Rama Nopiana ◽  
Mufidatul Mufidatul

ABSTRACT Bank an a financial institution that its role in supporting economic development in an area, which raised funds activities and disbursing funds in the form of loans or credit is a form of that money circulates to stabilize the economy.  The purpose of this study was to conduct analysis of the banking healthy level on Bank Perkreditan Rakyat (BPR) in Batam City, for 2012-2016 periods. This research uses descriptive quantitative research design. The report data were extracted from bank’s financial from financial report which had been published by Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK). The assessment analysis of banking healthy level has been carried out by using CAMEL method (Capital, Asset, Management, Earning, and Liquidity) which is based on the decree of BI director No.30/12/KEP/DIR on April 30th, 1997. The results showed that the healthy level of  Bank Perkreditan Rakyat (BPR) in Batam City for 2012-2016 periods showed categorized healthy, where the value – average CAR ratio of 13.68%, KAP ratio of 1.76%, NPM ratio of 16.51%, ROA ratio of 3.86%, BOPO ratio 78.01%, and LDR ratio of 87.05%. Expected for the future later BPR could continue to keep even better, so the level of health can be guaranteed according to applicable regulations.  


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