Against all odds : building innovative capabilities in rural economic initiatives in El Salvador

Cummings, Andrew Roberts (2007) Against all odds : building innovative capabilities in rural economic initiatives in El Salvador. ["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined] thesis, Aalborg University, Denmark.

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Abstract

There are a number of socio-economic problems limiting the efforts of rural Salvadoran families improve their livelihood situations and for local actors to construct endogenous economic development dynamics in rural regions. This thesis aims to understand the capabilities demonstrated by one of group of actors integrated in the Grupo Bajo Lempa (GBL) Consortium attempt to deal with these problems by developing innovative economic initiatives and conforming what is considered to be an emerging regional innovation system around the municipality of Tecoluca. Through a case study focus, it describes and analyzes the dynamics of Tecoluca´s emerging regional innovation system and the relevance of these dynamics for innovative practice in the GBL´s and other examples of regional economic initiatives. It ends with a critical reflection on lessons to be learned from the case study analysis for enhancing future local development practice in the Tecoluca region, as well as similar rural contexts in El Salvador and the rural South. Existe una serie de problemas socioeconómicos que limitan los esfuerzos de familias rurales salvadoreñas de mejorar sus condiciones de vida y para los actores locales de desarrollar dinámicas endógenas de desarrollo económico en zonas rurales. Esta tesis pretende comprender las capacidades demostradas por un grupo de actores integrados al Grupo Bajo Lempa (GBL) de intentar abordar estos problemas desarrollando iniciativas económicas innovadoras y conformando lo que se considera ser un sistema regional de innovación emergente alrededor del municipio de Tecoluca. A través de un enfoque de estudio de caso, el documento describe y analiza las dinámicas del sistema regional de innovación emergente en Tecoluca y la relevancia de estas dinámicas para la práctica innovadora en el GBL y otros ejemplos de iniciativas económicas regionales. La tesis finaliza con una reflexión crítica de las lecciones a aprender derivadas del análisis de estudio de caso para mejorar prácticas futuras en el desarrollo local de la región de Tecoluca, así como en contextos rurales similares en El Salvador y el Sur rural.

Item Type: Thesis (["eprint_fieldopt_thesis_type_phd" not defined])
Additional Information: Financing: SUDESCA Project. Research Papers No. 40. Publisher: Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo (FUNDE). ISBN-13: 9788790604387 ISBN-10: 87-90604-38-5
Creators:
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Cummings, Andrew RobertsUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: DESARROLLO ECONÓMICO LOCAL; INICIATIVAS ECONÓMICAS
Subjects: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION > COUNTRIES AND REGIONS > EL SALVADOR
DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION > HABITAT; RURAL AREAS; URBAN AREAS > RURAL DEVELOPMENT.
ECONOMIC POLICY; SOCIAL POLICY; PLANNING > ECONOMIC POLICY; PLANNING > ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC RESEARCH; ECONOMIC SYSTEMS > ECONOMIC CONDITIONS > ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC RESEARCH; ECONOMIC SYSTEMS > ECONOMIC CONDITIONS > POVERTY
Divisions: FUNDE. Territorial Development Directorate
Depositing User: Centro de Documentación FUNDE
Date Deposited: 13 Feb 2014 15:31
Last Modified: 13 Feb 2014 15:31
URI: http://repo.funde.org/id/eprint/774

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