The Effects of the Social Welfare Activity of Women's Groups in Rural Areas on the Formation of Social Capital

The current situation of the socio-economic life of the elderly now in part reflects Vietnam’s historical characteristics. The socio-economic structure in Vietnam has changed drastically due to the development of market relations, migration, the transformation of traditional society and modern agricultural societies that are creating forms and levels of socio-economic risk for the elderly. Based on the data from two communes, the article shows that, older men are more likely to receive monthly social transfers than women. Elder ly people with higher education receive higher monthly social benefits than lower education one. The elderly in rural areas surveyed hardly enjoy any social welfare programmes. The only beneficiaries are those who must be 80 years or older without a pension or other allowance. Some older people are entitled to benefits but only from programmes not reserved for the elderly. In order to live, the elderly still have to work, mainly in agriculture. This fact reflects the contrast and inadequacy of retirement and health regulations, which stipulate that workers must stop working at a certain age. The enjoyment of social welfare differs between elderly groups with different personal and social characteristics. It can be said that elderly people in rural areas who are not entitled to social welfare benefits are “double disadvantaged”. This mandates that the policy should be aimed at all the elderly in ensuring social welfare. Along with this, it is necessary to have a roadmap to increase the level of monthly social welfare benefits for the elderly to gradually achieve the minimum living standard because the current level of support for the elderly in Vietnam is still much lower than the comparable level for the poor. The process of population ageing in Vietnam is bringing great opportunities as well as great challenges, requiring new approaches to pensions, social pensions, health and the social environment for the elderly in rural areas.

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BUILDING THE SOCIAL CAPITAL IN RURAL AREAS’ SMES WOMEN COOPERATIVE, GARGALIANI, SOUTH-WEST PELOPONNESOS

International Journal of Economics Business and Entrepreneurship ◽

10.23960/ijebe.v1i1.28 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Leonidas Papakonstantinidis

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Local Development ◽

Local Level ◽

Local People ◽

Human Communication ◽

South West ◽

The Social ◽

Development Procedure

The purpose of this paper is to prove that the rationalization of the “Integrated Endogenous Local Development” should be proved to be a valuable policy mean, under the proposed methodological procedure of Sensitizing Local People, through the “animation procedure”, toward developing their own skills, capacities and therefore their place, that are asked by the local SMEs Sensitization may be proved to be the fundamental methodological tool, for building the social capital at local level, by making valuable local people’s “intrinsic inclinations”-a “term” which is stronger than “capacities”- under a new value system, and human communication. ”Sensitization” - as the upper limit of the sensitization procedure- is been approached, step by step, especially: Establishing the “bottom-up approach” in planning the development procedure at local level, Establishing the “animation procedure” among local people, Analysing local people “intrinsic inclinations” in context with a “system value”, Creating a “team psychology” among local people, Encouraging local people in finding and adopting the local “Flag Theme”. The proposed procedure may be useful, especially in small, less developed and isolated rural areas. A case-study “Women Cooperative, Gargaliani, South-West Peloponnesos”, is referred as a typical case of the development procedure, based on local people (women) animation in Greece.

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CORRELATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND POVERTY FARMERS IN ACEH

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ◽

10.18510/hssr.2020.813 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 20-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Saifuddin Yunus ◽

Suadi Zainal ◽

Fadli Jalil ◽

Cut Maya Aprita Sari

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Social Capital ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Poverty Rate ◽

Poverty Level ◽

The Social ◽

The Government ◽

The Relationship

Purpose of the study: This study tried to examine the correlation between social capital and the poverty level of farmers in Aceh. It was linked to the uneven agricultural development of some rural areas in Aceh had caused the poverty rates in villages are higher than in the urban areas. Hence the social capital is important as other capitals in development and become the energies for the development and decreases the rate of poverty. Methodology: This research used a quantitative method by distributing the questionnaire to 300 respondents in Aceh Tamiang, Pidie Jaya and Aceh Tengah, Indonesia. The data analyzed by using the Spearman correlation with the assistance of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences to determining the relationship between two variables; social capital and poverty in farmers. Main Findings: This study found that there is a positive and significant correlation between social capital and the level of poverty. Famers who have a higher stock of social capital are found to be lower in the poverty rate. Applications of this study: The finding of this study is useful for the government of the Aceh government to explore and strengthen farmers' social capital to empowering their economies. It would be relevant to decreasing the poverty rate according to farmers in Aceh. Novelty/Originality of this study: The case of poverty in Aceh was widely explained by the numbers of the researcher. But there is no recent publication that has explained the relationship between poverty and social capital in Aceh. Therefore a strong level of social capital will be able to significantly reduce poverty in Aceh.

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PERANAN MODAL SOSIAL MELALUI PENGEMBANGAN KELEMBAGAAN DAN PEMBERDAYAAN RUMAH TANGGA MISKIN DI DAERAH PESISIR (Studi Kasus: Rumah Tangga Di Kecamatan Koto IV Tarusan Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan)

Ecosains: Jurnal Ilmiah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan ◽

10.24036/ecosains.346857.00 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 77

Author(s):

Neng Kamarni

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Networks ◽

Human Capital ◽

Social Welfare ◽

Institutional Development ◽

Coastal Areas ◽

Poor Households ◽

The Social ◽

Household Members

The purpose of research include studying the characteristics of social capital in the communities especially poor fishermen fishing in the coastal areas, Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan, studying characteristic of social networks and institutional owned by poor households, which is the primary vehicle for empowerment, and to analyze the contribution and role of social capital to welfare of fishermen households in Kecamatan Koto IV Tarusan Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan, and to formulate and create a model for institutional development for the empowerment of poor fishermen.The regression results obtained influence SC (social capital) on the level of social welfare is positive, the higher the social capital of the area, the higher the welfare seaboard district. Kec. Koto XI Tarusan. So also with the HC (human capital) suggests that increased education will improve the welfare of the community. Effect of land will provide opportunities to increase the welfare of society. Variable Z (number of household members) suggests that the increase in the number of family members will reduce the level of social welfare.

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Sinergisitas Lembaga Perkreditan Desa (LPD) Dalam Membangun Perekonomian Masyarakat

Jurnal Manajemen Bisnis ◽

10.38043/jmb.v16i1.2028 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 206

Author(s):

I Gusti Ngurah Putra Suryanata

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Welfare ◽

Competitive Advantage ◽

Credit Union ◽

Social Capital Theory ◽

Capital Theory ◽

Study Approach ◽

Background Theory ◽

The Social ◽

Internal And External Factors

ABSTRACTThis study aims to explain about 1) the synergy of Village Credit Union (Lembaga perkreditan Desa – LPD) in Kedonganan Village in developing the social welfare and 2) to maintain the competitive advantage of LPD in Kedonganan Village in developing the social welfare. The background theory that is used in this study are Synergy Theory and Social Capital Theory. This study used qualitative method with case study approach. The data in this study is collected by in-depth interview and unstructured interview. The result of this study shows that LPD in Kedonganan Village have done a synergy with the Kedonganan’s village boards and the society to build social welfare. When doing the synergy, they use Social Capital approach, which are building a networking with micro and macro financial institutions around Kedonganan Village with Dharma (Kindness) and Catur Purusa Artha (Trust) as the basic principals. The administrator of the LPD also creating trust in society by using Tri Hita Karana as the concept. The rule that is used in maintaining LPD also referring to common law that is called as awig-awig or perarem which has become a mutual agreement among Kedonganan Village society. To maintain the competitive advantage of LPD in developing social welfare, the manager or administrator of LPD should care about internal and external factors.

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Integrating Social Capital and Finansial Capital for Beef Cattle Farmers Economic Solutions in Kediri Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia

Journal of Development Research ◽

10.28926/jdr.v4i2.123 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 115-118

Author(s):

Linawati Linawati ◽

Nur Solikin

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Rural Communities ◽

Beef Cattle ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Joint Venture ◽

Financial Capital ◽

Mutual Cooperation ◽

Economic Problems ◽

The Social ◽

Cattle Breeders

The culture of mutual cooperation with rural communities is one of the social capital that is still ongoing, especially in running livestock businesses. This study aims to analyze the social capital and financial capital of beef cattle breeders. The research location was chosen in conjunction in Semen District, Kediri Regency. Interviewing and filling out questionnaires are instruments in this descriptive study. The results showed that the social capital of cattle breeders in the medium category, financial capital came from a joint venture (gaduhan system). The conclusion is that the existence of social and financial capital due to the gaduhan system is a solution to economic problems in rural areas. An increase in social capital may have an impact on increasing financial capital.

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Fisheries women groups in Japan: a shift from well-being to entrepreneurship

Maritime Studies ◽

10.1007/s40152-019-00160-3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 297-304 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kumi Soejima ◽

Katia Frangoudes

Keyword(s):

Social Issues ◽

Well Being ◽

Women's Groups ◽

Women’S Groups ◽

The Social ◽

Women Groups ◽

Entrepreneurial Activities ◽

Development And Environment ◽

Beijing China

AbstractWomen’s groups in rural fishery areas were established in the mid-1950s. By 1959, they became integrated in local Fishery Cooperative Associations as parallel organizations. These Fisheries Cooperative Associations, established in 1948, represent all fishers in Japan, who are primarily men. The purpose of the women’s groups was to provide well-being by improving the living conditions of families and communities. While men were busy building the production facilities and the cooperatives, women organized themselves to protect and improve the everyday life of families. From 1995 and the World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, some of these women groups ran economic entrepreneurial activities with the financial support of the State through the cooperatives. This new role of women’s groups aims to improve the economic and social development and environment of families and communities facing depopulation problems who need to increase the number of young people. This paper examines the role of cooperative associations in rural, fishery communities and shows how these associations “handed over” the social responsibilities to the women groups who then developed their social skills and competences. Special emphasis is put on how the women groups changed their activity from social issues to environmental protection, promotion of fishery products, and to entrepreneurial activities. The paper also problematizes the difficulties the women met in order to get their contribution to the fisheries communities and industry recognized, as well as their status.

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The Social Welfare Activity and the German Protestantism : The Historical Implications of Diakonie in the Mid-19th Century

The Critical Review of Religion and Culture ◽

10.36429/crrc.37.2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 44-89

Author(s):

Tae Yeon Kim

Keyword(s):

Social Welfare ◽

19Th Century ◽

The Social ◽

Welfare Activity

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The “Comprehensive village renewal programme in Burgenland” as a means a strengthening the social capital in rural areas

European Countryside ◽

10.2478/euco-2014-0003 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 18-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Doris Damyanovic ◽

Florian Reinwald

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Social Structures ◽

Renewal Processes ◽

Strong Impact ◽

Demographic Changes ◽

The Social ◽

Further Development

Abstract In this paper, the results of the study of the comprehensive village renewal programme in Burgenland are considered in the light of the concept of social capital. Changes to the social structures and demographic changes have a strong impact on the formation of social capital in the villages and are therefore a central challenge facing the policies of the municipalities. An objective in the further development of the programme for comprehensive village renewal is to strengthen the local and regional social capital. The implementation of participative village renewal processes has the potential for increasing social capital in the villages, but certain conditions need to be in place for this. The paper analyses and discusses how the programme has contributed to date to the formation of social capital, what opportunities the municipalities have and what instruments they will need in future to build up the social capital that is crucial to sustainable village development.

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