What Factors in Nepal Account for the Rural–Urban Discrepancy in Human Capital? Evidence from Household Survey Data

Devkota, Satis; Ghimire, Shankar; Upadhyay, Mukti P.

doi:10.3390/economies9020083

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“…Accessibility to media within a rural territory is decisive for accessing training services [117], and education is essential for the development of human capital in rural areas [118]. In Jauja, actors located on the left and right banks of the Mantaro river have better access and show better competencies (Table 2) and institutional capabilities (Table 4).…”

Section: Political-contextual Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Competencies and Capabilities for the Management of Sustainable Rural Development Projects in the Value Chain: Perception from Small and Medium-Sized Business Agents in Jauja, Peru

Jiménez Aliaga,

De los Ríos-Carmenado,

Huamán Cristóbal

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The guinea pig value chain in Jauja, Peru, has been developed through the application of productive projects, institutional strengthening, and implementation of the Principles of Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI). Given the smallholding conditions of the Jauja territory and the proliferation of commercial guinea pig breeding, the actors in this chain constitute a key human capital for development. To improve the performance of the actors in the sustainable rural development of the territory of Jauja, Peru, the research carried out an evaluation of the competencies and capabilities for project management in 46 actors linked to the business programme on the CFS-RAI Principles, representing 1094 people in the guinea pig value chain in Jauja, using the Working With People (WWP) model and empirical instruments based on the Octagon method, project management competence evaluation, performance evaluation carried out by experts, attitudinal evaluation. and the Business Model Canvas. The results have helped to structure the actors of the value chain, who show an intermediate mastery of project management competencies (2.73/5), institutional capabilities in development (2.89/7), and a growing organisational management performance (26.2/100). In addition, trust and proactivity have been generated among the actors in the chain, with an interest in continuing with the implementation of the CFS-RAI Principles in order to achieve sustainability in their productive projects with commercial innovation. The results have allowed us to generate the design of an innovative programme for the development of competencies, which balances the three dimensions of project management competencies (perspective, people, and practice), as defined by the International Project Management Association (IPMA), in connection with the CFS-RAI Principles. Both processes complement the strengthening of human capital in agrifood value chains through sustainable project management and contributing to sustainable development in the region.

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Section: Political-contextual Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Competencies and Capabilities for the Management of Sustainable Rural Development Projects in the Value Chain: Perception from Small and Medium-Sized Business Agents in Jauja, Peru

Jiménez Aliaga,

De los Ríos-Carmenado,

Huamán Cristóbal

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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“…Due to socioeconomically disadvantages in rural areas and the urban bias in the supply of medical and health service, residents in rural and remote communities generally experience poorer health outcomes than many urban residents ( 53 , 54 ). In addition, bias in urban fiscal, tax, investment, and social welfare policies can widen the urban-rural income gap by widening the health human capital gap between urban and rural residents ( 55 , 56 ), which is not conducive to equitable access to primary health care service and exacerbates the maldistribution of healthcare resources between urban and rural areas. Narrowing urban-rural disparities is important to ensure equity in access to health service and in improving rural residents' health outcomes.…”

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Spatio-Temporal Disparity and Driving Forces of the Supply Level of Healthcare Service in the Yangtze River Delta

2022

Front. Public Health

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The equalization of healthcare supply is not only related to the people's need for a better life, but can also provide a strong guarantee for the high-quality and sustainable development of the Yangtze River Delta integration. By using exploratory spatial analysis techniques, this study analyzed the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and heterogeneous influence effects of the supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta from 2007 to 2019. It was found that the supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta had improved significantly. The differences in the supply level of healthcare service between cities had tended to narrow without polarization, and the supply level of healthcare service generally showed a high spatial pattern in the south delta and low spatial pattern in the north delta. The higher the supply level of healthcare service was, the weaker the interannual variability was. The supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta region presented obvious spatial association and differentiated tendency of local high and low spatial clusters. The relative length and curvature of the supply level of healthcare service in the Yangtze River Delta generally presented a spatial pattern with low values in the northeast and high values in the southwest. Population density and urban-rural income gap generally exhibited negative spatio-temporal impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities. On the other hand, urbanization level and per capita disposable income generally had positive spatio-temporal impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities. Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) showed an increasingly positive spatio-temporal impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities. While per capita fiscal expenditure exhibited significantly negative impact on the supply level of healthcare service across most cities in space.

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“…As suggested by Jann (2008) and Devkota et al (2021), this study applied the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique to analyse the differences between rural and urban households regarding the vulnerability rate. The differences in the various groups with variable characteristics can be found in Tables A5 and A6.…”

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A Comparative Analysis of Vulnerability to Poverty between Urban and Rural Households in China

Ding

2022

Economies

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This study proposes a subjective poverty line for each household to quantify the vulnerability to poverty in urban and rural households by considering residents’ expectations and their propensity to compare their perceived welfare level with those of other community members. The findings show that the overall vulnerability incidence in urban households is lower than in rural households. The regional differential in terms of vulnerability to poverty continues to exist, but the western province in both urban and rural households has not shown a significantly higher vulnerability rate than in other regions. Educational qualification is a determinant of the vulnerability of rural residents, whereas it does not have remarkable positive effects on urban households. Meanwhile, the impacts of welfare systems upon both urban and rural households are larger than expected, while the coverage of them is incomplete and calls for government to implement more social reforms in order to mitigate the risk and buffer the vulnerability, and to adopt a more equalising approach (instead of unrestrained growth).

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What Factors in Nepal Account for the Rural–Urban Discrepancy in Human Capital? Evidence from Household Survey Data

Cited by 5 publications

References 32 publications

Competencies and Capabilities for the Management of Sustainable Rural Development Projects in the Value Chain: Perception from Small and Medium-Sized Business Agents in Jauja, Peru

Competencies and Capabilities for the Management of Sustainable Rural Development Projects in the Value Chain: Perception from Small and Medium-Sized Business Agents in Jauja, Peru

Spatio-Temporal Disparity and Driving Forces of the Supply Level of Healthcare Service in the Yangtze River Delta

A Comparative Analysis of Vulnerability to Poverty between Urban and Rural Households in China

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