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Rurality as context for innovative responses to social challenges – The role of rural social enterprises

open access: yesJournal of Rural Studies, 2023
Abstract Rural social enterprises are increasingly recognized as organisations that contribute to local development by providing goods and/or services to meet community needs and by fostering inclusive social and governance relations. The purpose of this paper is to explore how rural social enterprises engage in a plurality of socio-economic ...
Lucas Olmedo   +2 more
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The contribution of rural businesses to community resilience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper explores the role of private sector enterprises in building the resilience of rural Scotland. In addition, the paper seeks to identify changes in rural enterprise activities and their impact on rural life.
Atterton, Jane, Steiner, Artur
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Civil service, 2017

open access: yesAdministration, 2018
With the election of a new Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, TD, in June 2017, a number of changes were made to government departments. A new Department of Rural and Community Development was established, taking functions from the Department of Arts, Heritage ...
Shannon Laura
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Enterprise as socially situated in a rural poor fishing community [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Rural Studies, 2017
We examine enterprise processes in a poor rural fishing village in Ghana, having become interested in why poverty persists in spite of considerable industry. Our case study uses the village as the unit for analysis because it offered a conceptually interesting place that is relatively economically, socially and spatially isolated. Most entrepreneurship
Alistair R. Anderson, Bernard A. Obeng
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THE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THE ADDED VALUE AND EMPLOYMENT IN NON-AGRICULTURAL SECTORS IN RURAL AREAS

open access: yesЕкономіка та суспільство, 2022
The article analyzes European practices and issues in the field of rural entrepreneurship in the context of poverty reduction, in order to justify ways to increase value added and employment in non-agricultural sectors of rural areas and create a ...
Аліна Богославська
doaj   +1 more source

Social capital, political connections, and household enterprises: Evidence from Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Social capital and political connections can play an important role in developing countries where markets fail and institutions are weak. This paper explores their role in household micro-enterprise operation and success in the rural low-income setting ...
Kinghan, Christina, Newman, Carol
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CREATING CONDITIONS FOR THE POPULATION AS A DEVELOPMENT FACTOR OF RURAL AREAS

open access: yesВестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2022
The article describes theoretical aspects of creation of social and economic conditions for rural areas development. Prerequisites, which the rate of enterprise labour force capacity depends on, have been studied comprehensively.
Taigib Musaev, Gulzhan Isbagieva
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Social inclusion in the context of Czech rural development policy

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2018
The paper addresses social inclusion. It aims to investigate how social inclusion was conceptualized in the main Czech policy documents related to the EU.
Eva KUCEROVA
doaj   +1 more source

Understandig the process of social innovation in rural regions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In recent years, social innovation has been gaining more attention, not only in the scholarly literature and in public discourse but in rural development practice as well.
Katonáné Kovács, Judit   +2 more
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An analysis of internal determinants of performance in rural social enterprises

open access: yesCogent Business & Management
Rural social enterprises are organizations that utilize market-oriented strategies to fulfill social objectives within regional and rural settings, particularly in addressing persistent issues like poverty and inequality.
Peter Musinguzi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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