Global review of rural community enterprises : the long and winding road to creating viable businesses, and potential shortcuts

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dc.coverageTurrialba, Costa Rica
dc.creatorDonovan, Jason
dc.creatorStoian, Dietmar
dc.creatorPoole, Nigel
dc.date2020-12-10T16:38:26Z
dc.date2020-12-10T16:38:26Z
dc.date2008
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-09T02:34:30Z
dc.descriptionGovernment and civil society organizations are faced with the considerable task of promoting broad-based economic growth among the rural poor without compromising the natural resource base, while at the same time increas-ing the sustainability of their actions. In this context, rural community enterprises (RCEs) are increasingly being advocated because of their perceived ability to combine, with varying degrees of success, economic objectives with environmental and social objectives, such as sustainable resource management, improved local safety nets, increased influence over political processes, and member education. Recent changes in the political, legal, and market environment in devel-oping regions offer possibilities for RCE development that simply did not exist before. Reduced barriers to trade, including tariffs, quantitative restrictions, and other barriers, provide conditions for enhanced export performance for both traditional and nontra-ditional products. Structural adjustment programs substantially reduced or eliminated state-backed marketing boards and production cooperatives, thus opening new spaces for RCEs in the commercializa-tion of agriculture and forest products. In addition, emerging segments and niches in agricultural and for-est product markets, such as organic, certified timber, and specialty fruits, provide incentives for new com-munity-based business endeavors as well as attract external investments for upgrading RCE operations.
dc.descriptionCATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
dc.format99 páginas
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier978-9977-57-469-1
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/10119
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13249
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCentro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE)
dc.relationSerie Técnica. Boletín Técnico
dc.relationColección de Desarrollo Empresarial Rural
dc.relationSerie Técnica. Boletín Técnico, no.29
dc.relationColección de Desarrollo Empresarial Rural, no.2.
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectEXPLOTACIONES AGRARIAS
dc.subjectEMPRESAS PEQUENAS
dc.subjectCOMUNIDADES RURALES
dc.subjectDESARROLLO RURAL
dc.subjectORGANIZACIONES DE LA SOCIEDAD CIVIL
dc.subjectPOLITICAS
dc.subjectLEGISLACION
dc.subjectESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectSMALL ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectRURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectCASE STUDIES
dc.titleGlobal review of rural community enterprises : the long and winding road to creating viable businesses, and potential shortcuts
dc.typeLibro

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