Organizational Capability of Local Societies in Rural Development: A Comparative Study of Microfinance Organizations in Thailand and the Philippines
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18/10/2006
18/10/2006
01/02/2006
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Resumo |
The importance of organizing local people for development work is widely recognized. Both governmental and non-governmental agencies have implemented various projects that have needed and encouraged collective action by people. Often, however, such projects malfunction after the outside agencies retreat from the project site, suggesting that making organizations is not the same as making a system of making organizations. The latter is essential to make rural organizations self-reliant and sustainable. This paper assumes that such a system exists in local societies and focuses on the capacity of local societies for creating and managing organizations for development. It reveals that (1) such capability differs according to the locality, (2) the difference depends on the structure of the organizations that coordinate people's social relations, and (3) the local administrative bodies define, at least partly, the organizational capability of local societies. We compare two rural societies, one in Thailand and the other in the Philippines, which show clear contrasts in both the form of microfinance organizations and the way of making these organizations. |
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Identificador |
IDE Discussion Paper. No. 47. 2006.2 http://hdl.handle.net/2344/159 IDE Discussion Paper 47 |
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en eng |
Publicador |
Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO 日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所 |
Palavras-Chave | #Local organization #Rural society #Rural development #Microfinance #Local administration #Thailand #Philippines #農村開発 #マイクロファイナンス #タイ #フィリピン #338 #318.9 #AHPH Philippines フィリピン #AHTH Thailand タイ #O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses #O53 - Asia including Middle East #Q00 - General #Z13 - Social Norms and Social Capital; Social Networks #332.7 |
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Working Paper Technical Report |