Impacts of Rural Development Projects on Rural Areas in Turkey: A Study on Yozgat Rural Development Project

Berk, Ali; Akdemir, Şinasi

doi:10.3923/jas.2006.1892.1899

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“…The diligent loan repayment rates strongly suggest that the fund is capable of delivering benefits over the long-term. The disbursement of loans to marginalized groups such as women, who are typically unable to capitalize on such opportunities (Berk & Akdemir, 2006), suggests that the fund made progress towards being equitable (the second part of the project's aim). Whilst the project stressed that all applicants were free to borrow, there may have been societal pressures that prevented women from doing so, as mostly men borrowed from the fund.…”

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Linking coastal community livelihoods to marine conservation in Aceh, Indonesia

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Wibowo

Iskandar

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Many tropical biodiversity projects seek to combine development and conservation goals. Here, we assess the performance of a revolving fund, established by Fauna & Flora International (FFI), in delivering sustainable and equitable benefits to coastal community livelihood groups and individuals while ensuring that it did no apparent harm to the environment. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 103 loan recipients to determine changes in attitude, perception and behaviour. After a 9 month preparation phase the project succeeded in changing a community view towards the fund from being overwhelmingly pessimistic to overwhelmingly optimistic and then loaned IDR 602,977,400 (USD 66,261), with near perfect repayment rates thereafter (indicating financial sustainability). Most (92%) respondents thought that the fund had been a success, mainly (56%) because it had increased their perceived daily income. Even though most (59%) of the loan recipients met with FFI staff at least once per month on average during the project, the linkages between conservation and development were only understood by some (40%). Nevertheless, understanding was highest amongst the project's main target group, fishermen. Furthermore, nearly half of all respondents said they now acted if they found people fishing with spear guns or throwing litter into the sea (a violation of customary law), indicating a positive change in behaviour. Although this study cannot unambiguously demonstrate that this change was purely due to the fund, as FFI was conducting other conservation activities, it helped to develop a strong relationship with the community and create an enabling environment for implementing this broader set of activities.

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Linking coastal community livelihoods to marine conservation in Aceh, Indonesia

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Iskandar

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“…Rural development projects find it hard to meet expectations in terms of regional development (Acharya, Yong Kim and Dai Lee, 2004: 5) and other several activities such as woman programs, forestry, animal husbandry, and creating additional income sources (Matejka and Sabart, 2018: 828). Berk andAkdemir's (2006: 1897) research study found some of the important reasons why entrepreneurs could not benefit from the Yozgat Rural Development Project and they are depicted on the pie chart below. The results depicted on the pie chart suggests that political influence is a major reason why contractors and local community entrepreneurs can benefit or not benefit when there is a project in that particular area.…”

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Influence of tribal councils in construction projects (in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga, South Africa)

2019

SETWM-19, ACBES-19, EEHSS-19 Nov. 18-19, 2019 Johannesburg (South Africa)

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Line of authority comes from many angles during construction projects in rural areas, and one such angle is traditional councils. The traditional rule is significant in most part of rural South Africa, thus their level of authority before, during and after the project was worth researching. The problem that is often encountered during such projects is when traditional councils put forward demands and systematic control measures that affect the project duration, finances and sometimes work quality. The research employed both the quantitative and qualitative approaches but leaned more on the customised qualitative approach due to the social nature of the research. Research looked at eight factors of influence by tribal councils which were explored through questionnaires amongst four subpopulation groups (stratum), namely; Community, Local municipality, Traditional councils and Professionals. The questionnaire used a Likert scale concept, which contained a verification exercise of repeating questions indirectly. The scale was from one to ten, with one indicating "Strongly Disagree" and ten indicating "Strongly Agree". Due to the employment of a qualitative approach in the research, Microsoft Excel and Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) were used for capturing and analysing the data. The mean score of all factors of influence for the Community and Tribal council groups were above neutral, showing a clear agreement to the hypothesis by these groups. For most factors of influence, the Municipality and Professionals groups were neither in agreement or disagreement. The results produced correlate with the research hypothesis as strong evidence of influence by tribal councils was found, accompanied by an understanding of areas of influence. Limited literature gap in the engineering management field about the understanding of stakeholders, in particular tribal councils, should be widened to improve the delivery process of engineering projects, especially those done in rural areas.

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Impacts of Rural Development Projects on Rural Areas in Turkey: A Study on Yozgat Rural Development Project

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Linking coastal community livelihoods to marine conservation in Aceh, Indonesia

Linking coastal community livelihoods to marine conservation in Aceh, Indonesia

Influence of tribal councils in construction projects (in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga, South Africa)

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