scholarly journals Tourism Regional Multiplier Effects in Tanzania: Analysis of Singita Grumeti Reserves Tourism in the Mara Region

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Mwakalobo ◽  
Abiud Kaswamila ◽  
Alex Kira ◽  
Onesmo Chawala ◽  
Timothy Tear
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Compelling Evidence ◽  
Private Company ◽  
Low Volume ◽  
Multiplier Effects ◽  
Mara Region

<p>The main focus of this study was to establish the economic impacts of a single tourism business operated in a rural area on a regional economy in Africa. This paper presents a case study of the regional multiplier effects of Singita Grumeti Reserves’ (SGR) tourism investment in the Mara region, Tanzania. The recursive Keynesian multiplier approach was used to identify significant economic multiplier effects larger than any other multiplier effects we could find published for relevant, comparable studies (Type 1 average 1.57 from 2008-2013, range 1.24 – 1.81). This result was contrary to economic theory that predicts the multiplier effect in this case should be low given the small area of investment in comparison to the much larger regional economy. In addition, these results represent underestimates, as the multiplier effects established in this study did not factor in substantial positive environmental and socio economic impacts accrued from SGR’s non-profit partner organization, the Grumeti Fund. Consequently, our study findings present compelling evidence that SGR tourism investments, when combined with the Grumeti Fund’s conservation and community development activities, demonstrate a pro-poor economic approach of substantial benefit to the Tanzanian economy. This was possible because the investment made by one private company is relatively substantial in comparison to the limited government services provided to the Mara Region, where nearly half of the 1.7 million people in this region remain in the poverty trap. These results provide compelling evidence that this type of high-value low-volume tourism investment can also contribute to sustainable and equitable socioeconomic development when paired with conservation and community development efforts. This assessment also demonstrates the value of ecosystem services derived from conserving Tanzania’s rich and globally significant natural heritage for the benefit of both people and nature. As there is more tourism potential in Tanzania, Tanzanian government authorities at all levels should consider encouraging and supporting similar tourism investments (i.e., high-value low-volume tourism model). This support could be tailored to providing incentives such as tax rate reduction or exemptions to encourage this specific type of tourism investment. Private investment is particularly important in rural and underserved regions in Tanzania– like the Mara Region – where there have been limited economic investments despite substantial opportunities for economic growth. </p>

Scientific approach using AHP to prioritize low volume rural roads for pavement maintenance

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhilesh Nautiyal ◽  
Sunil Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Rural Roads ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pavement Maintenance ◽  
Low Volume ◽  
The Government

PurposeA large number of roads have been constructed in the rural areas of India to connect habitations with the nearest major roads. With time, the pavements of these roads have deteriorated and they need some kind of maintenance, although they all do not need maintenance at the same time, as they have all not deteriorated to the same level. Hence, they have to be prioritized for maintenance.Design/methodology/approachIn order to present a scientific methodology for prioritizing pavement maintenance, the factors affecting prioritization and the relative importance of each were identified through an expert survey. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was used to scientifically establish weight (importance) of each factor based on its relative importance over other factors. The proposed methodology was validated through a case study of 203 low volume rural roads in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. Ranking of these roads in order of their priority for maintenance was presented as the final result.FindingsThe results show that pavement distresses, traffic volume, type of connectivity and the socioeconomic facilities located along a road are the four major factors to be considered in determining the priority of a road for maintenance.Research limitations/implicationsThe methodology provides a comprehensive, scientific and socially responsible pavement maintenance prioritization method which will automatically select roads for maintenance without any bias.Practical implicationsTimely maintenance of roads will also save budgetary expenditure of restoration/reconstruction, leading to enhancement of road service life. The government will not only save money but also provide timely benefit to the needy population.Social implicationsRoad transportation is the primary mode of inland transportation in rural areas. Timely maintenance of the pavements will be of great help to the socioeconomic development of rural areas.Originality/valueThe proposed methodology lays special emphasis on rural roads which are small in length, but large in number. Instead of random, a scientific method for selection of roads for maintenance will be of great help to the public works department for better management of rural road network.

scholarly journals Business dynamics, knowledge economy, and the economic performance of African countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice A Asongu ◽  
Voxi HS Amavilah ◽  
Antonio R Andrés
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Weak Link ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Business Dynamics

This paper develops a framework (a) to examine whether or not the African business environment hinders or promotes the knowledge economy (KE), (b) to determine how the KE affects economic performance, and (c) how economic performance relates to the inequality-adjusted human socioeconomic development (IHDI) of 53 African countries during the 1996-2010 time period. We estimate the linkages with three related equations. The results support a strong correlation between the dynamics of starting and doing business and variations in KE. The results also show that there exists a weak link between KE and economic performance. Nonetheless, KE-influenced performance plays a more important role in socioeconomic development than some of the conventional control variables like foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign aid, and even private investment.

Investment as a region's economic growth key driver

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-764
Author(s):  
Sh.I. Sharipov ◽  
N.A. Abusalamova ◽  
B.Sh. Ibragimova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Case Study Methods

Subject. This article discusses the issues related to investment as a factor in the region's economic growth. Objectives. The article aims to explore investment activities in the region, identify trends in economic growth, develop mechanisms to stimulate investment activity and modernize the regional economy. The Republic of Dagestan is considered as a case study. Methods. For the study, we used the abstract-logical, statistical, analytical methods, and a scholarly literature review. Results. The article proposes a set of reasonable measures to stimulate investment activities in the region and developed tools to involve the authorities in creating the necessary prerequisites for the inflow of private investment. Conclusions. Budget funds play a key role in the amount of investments in Dagestan's economy. Banking capital is practically not involved in the modernization of the region's economy.

Regional economic impacts of limited entry fishery management: an application of dynamic input–output model

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAHADEV G. BHAT ◽  
RAMACHANDRA BHATTA
Keyword(s):  
Fishery Management ◽  
Regional Economy ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Integrated Models ◽  
Regional Impacts ◽  
Limited Entry ◽  
Gains And Losses ◽  
Entry Regulations

Economic impacts that entry regulations have within the fishery industry are well documented in the economics literature. This study looks at how fishery regulations will impact other sectors of a regional economy. By developing integrated models of fishery bioeconomics and dynamic, inter-industry economic linkages, the paper estimates sector-wise economic gains and losses over time from an entry regulation. A case study from India shows that primary fishing and processing sectors realize significant wage and profit gains after a period of transition. Sizable losses in wage and industry profits are incurred by non-fishery sectors but are smaller than the profit gains in the primary sectors. The paper makes policy recommendations on how to ease the adverse regional impacts of fishery policies.

ANALISIS SEKTOR EKONOMI UNGGULAN KABUPATEN KERINCI PROVINSI JAMBI

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Bambang Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Regional Economy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Clean Water ◽  
Economic Sector ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Service Sectors ◽  
Multiplier Effects ◽  
Entire Economy

Untuk melaksanakan pembangunan dengan sumber daya yang terbatas sebagai konsekuensinya harus difokuskan kepada pembangunan sektorsektor yang memberikan dampak pengganda (multiplier effects) yang besar terhadap sektor-sektor lainnya atau perekonomian secara keseluruhan. Hasil pengujian DLQ menunjukan bahwa sektor pengangkutan dan komunikasi, sektor gas, listrik dan air bersih, keuangan, persewaan dan jasa perusahaan, sektor pertambangan dan penggalian, sektor perdagangan hotel dan restoran, serta sektor jasa-jasa yang meiliki nilai DLQ > 1 maka sektor tersebut merupakan sektor yang prospektif untuk dikembangkan lebih lanjut dalam upaya meningkatkan dan mendorong perekonomian daerah, sektor ini juga mampu bersaing dengan sektor perekonomian yang sama di luar Kabupaten Kerinci. Running the development with limited resources needs to focus on developmental sectors having multiple effects to the other sectors or to the entire economy. The result of DLQ shows that sectors such as transportation and communication, gas, electricity, clean water, finance, leasing and business services, mining and quarrying, trade, hotels and restaurants, as well as the service sectors that has DLQ value > 1 are are prospective to drive development as an effort to promote and encourage the regional economy. These sectors are also capable in competing with the same economic sector outside the Regency of Kerinci.

Community Economic Development: Some Critical Issues

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 41-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
John W. Handy
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
African American ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Development Planning ◽  
Community Economic Development ◽  
Pareto Improvements ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Training

Community development is an issue of continuing interest not only because of the need for more successful economic development within our cities, but because the survival of a significant portion of African-American poor is at stake. Community development planning seeks to improve all aspects of community life, including health, education, crime prevention, employment and training, business development, family stability, and housing. Community economic development must arise from our black churches, historically black colleges and universities, African-American officials, business leaders, teachers, and health and welfare professionals. In the real world, where group welfare functions are interdependent, only two possible long-term outcomes are both just and stable: win-win or lose-lose. Consequently, there is a need for significant Pareto improvements in all social programs. There are roles for both race-specific and race-neutral policies because long-term Pareto improvements can result both from programs such as targeted minority employment and training as well as color-blind policies that encourage legislators to forgo the coffers of the gun lobby and control the sale and use of guns. The paper will focus on the historical logic of public policy as reflected in housing policy, financing mechanisms under community development corporations, and the issue of an urban underclass. By reestablishing its commitment to the inner cities, the government can redress the onerous impact of two and a half decades of social and economic neglect and private investment retrenchment.

Impact of Low-Volume Road Network Improvements on Rural Community Development in Finland

1996 ◽  
Vol 1559 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
Antti P. Meriläinen
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Travel Time ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Rural Community Development ◽  
Improvement Measures ◽  
Low Volume ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Village

Two models are introduced: a village vitality model for assessing the impacts of individual road improvements on the vitality of rural communities in Finland and a market potential model for assessing the impact of road improvements on retail sales in villages. Interviews and questionnaire surveys were conducted with the representatives and residents of six villages of different types in southern Finland to examine the existing problems and evaluate the impacts of improving the access roads to villages. The impacts of alternative road improvement measures, or their combinations, are assessed on the speed and travel time on the access road to villages. This has a direct impact on the accessibility of villages and thus reflects the change in village vitality induced by the alternative road improvement measures. According to the village vitality model, major improvements to the low-volume road network have no significant measurable impacts on rural community development. Furthermore, according to the village interviews and surveys, road condition and travel time on the access roads to villages are not the most important factors affecting village development, even though they will support it. Consequently, the overall accessibility of villages is significant, but it is not the major variable in explaining village vitality and rural community development. Low-volume road network improvements will indirectly promote rural community development, and improved accessibility will advance the development of some essential sectors of rural economy.

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