Rural Poverty Alleviation Strategies and Social Capital Link: The Mediation Role of Women Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
Rural Poverty Alleviation Strategies and Social Capital Link: The Mediation Role of Women Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation
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农村扶贫策略与社会资本链接：女性创业与社会创新的中介作用
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2020
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Jincai Zhuang
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Charles Dwumfour Osei;Jincai Zhuang
本文提出了一个新的见解，社会资本，社会创新和妇女创业活动在多大程度上有助于农村扶贫。通过SmartPLS软件3.0版应用结构方程建模技术，对加纳Sekyere南区农业综合企业部门333名女企业家的数据进行了实证分析。这项研究的结果突出表明，农村女企业家利用正规和非正规社交网络的社会资本来减缓农村贫穷，具有变革潜力。因此，研究结果显示，妇女创业成长业绩与农村减贫有着积极和显著的关联。此外，社会创新和关系型社会资本对扶贫的影响均为正。我们建议，决策者和发展工作者应增强更多妇女的权能，使她们能够在农村地区的农业综合企业部门开展创业活动，以促进发展中国家的农村减贫工作。
This article presents a novel insight into the extent to which social capital, social innovation, and women entrepreneurial activities contribute to rural poverty alleviation. Applying the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique through SmartPLS software version 3.0, data from a total sample of 333 women entrepreneurs in the Agribusiness sector from the Sekyere South District in Ghana were empirically analyzed. The findings from the study highlight the transformative potential of rural women entrepreneurs who utilize social capital from both formal and informal social networks toward rural poverty alleviation. Thus, study results revealed that women entrepreneurship growth performance is positively and significantly associated with rural poverty alleviation. Furthermore, the impacts of social innovation and relational social capital on poverty alleviation showed positive. We recommend that policymakers and development practitioners should empower more women into entrepreneurial activities in the agribusiness sector in rural areas to promote rural poverty alleviation in developing countries.