Dynamics to sustain community development in persistently poor rural areas

Aigner, Stephen M.; Flora, Cornelia Butler; Tirmizi, Syed Noor; Wilcox, Carrie

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“…Lead entities used various means to involve citizens during the early phase of creating the strategic plan or vision and, as we have seen, they varied in their success. Using the same database we have demonstrated the value in reaching out to engage the excluded, such as persons with low income in the initial planning phase (Aigner et al 1999). Once engaged in a strategic planning or visioning process, the deliberate placement of citizens into groups to build relationships with others with parallel interests and priorities led to greater citizen participation.…”

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The Premise and Promise of Citizenship and Civil Society for Renewing Democracies and Empowering Sustainable Communities

Aigner

Flora

Hernandez

2001

Sociological Inquiry

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State regimes have launched policies to “reinvent” government and “regenerate” communities in peripheral impoverished rural and urban areas to build sustainable communities and reduce poverty. We investigate the impact of policy concepts–the empowerment paradigm, citizenship as citizen participation and inclusion, and associations between the state and civil society–on local areas' success in leveraging dollars to foster sustainable economic and community development in persistently poor rural areas of the U.S. The thirty‐three rural sites of the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Communities Initiative of the Clinton‐Gore Administration comprise our database. We find that empowering area‐based, low‐income residents through the election mechanism to choose their representatives on the local sites' governing board is strongly and significantly related to both inclusion and citizen participation. Also, the presence of elected citizens with connections to civil society on the governing body contributes strongly to later success in leveraging dollars.

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“…We have described the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Initiative (EZ/EC) elsewhere (Aigner et al 1999), but a review is necessary. President Clinton announced the EZ/EC Initiative in late 1993 for which smaller areas in the central cities and in rural America in which poverty has prevailed for more than two decades were eligible.…”

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The Premise and Promise of Citizenship and Civil Society for Renewing Democracies and Empowering Sustainable Communities

Aigner

Flora

Hernandez

2001

Sociological Inquiry

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“…The Grassfield Rural Development Project adopted a participatory approach, which aims to overcome comparative disadvantages, helping farmers, largely through advice and capacity building to be more productive and competitive (IACD, 2005;Aigner et al, 1999;Bhattacharyya, 1995).…”

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New trends in rural community development practice in Africa: The case of Cameroons grassfield rural development project

Fonteh¹

2015

J. Agric. Ext. Rural Dev

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This paper examines a new trend in rural community development in Cameroon using the Grassfield Rural Development Project, to highlight the challenges of the participatory approach in an African context. There is an on-going debate about the future of the rural sector in developing countries, centred on implementation of participatory projects to alleviate poverty and deteriorating rural living conditions. Using data from project documents and evaluations, participant observation and interviews with key stakeholders, this paper examines project outcomes achieved in the priority communities that underwent the new policy implemented between 2004 and 2010. The project provides a new approach to engage the state and local government stakeholders in strategic decisions on long-term rural development. Achievements are evident in community infrastructure (classrooms, halls, feeder roads, improved water schemes, slaughter slabs, rural radio), and also in social capital and enhanced leadership. However, challenges remain in the implementation of participatory projects; and dependence on external sources of funding community projects persist, due to hash economic constraints and long-term neglect in providing rural areas with quality services.

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“…Flora and Flora (1993) believe that entrepreneurial social infrastructure encourages collective action for community betterment. Entrepreneurial social infrastructure consists of acceptance of differences of opinion within the community; contribution of funds, time, and expertise; and diverse networks that provide internal and external links for the community (Aigner et al 1999).…”

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A Model of Community-Based Venture Capital Formation To Fund Early-Stage Technology-Based Firms

Auken¹

2002

J Small Bus Man

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This paper suggests a model of capital formation that concurrently establishes a mechanism to fund early-stage technology-based firms and meets the economic development needs of rural communities. Investors in a community capital investment fund can gain high rates of return on investment while firms realize all of the benefits associated with the investment, community support, and expanded network. The model includes factors associated with the community environment (communitybased factors that impact community members' participation) and external support environment (factors that facilitate the accumulation of investment capital within a community). The result of a community effort can be an environment in which members of the community contribute to an investment fund, cooperate in attracting firms, and provide networking assistance to new business owners. Communities benefit through job creation and economic stability. Community members benefit through wealth creation.

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Dynamics to sustain community development in persistently poor rural areas

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The Premise and Promise of Citizenship and Civil Society for Renewing Democracies and Empowering Sustainable Communities

The Premise and Promise of Citizenship and Civil Society for Renewing Democracies and Empowering Sustainable Communities

New trends in rural community development practice in Africa: The case of Cameroons grassfield rural development project

A Model of Community-Based Venture Capital Formation To Fund Early-Stage Technology-Based Firms

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