This book aims to assess the roles of entrepreneurship and social innovation for socio-cultural changes. It also evaluates farmers' performance in disaster risk management at a community level toward sustainable regional development in a rural haor region of Bangladesh. To achieve the purpose of the research, both a qualitative method (Trajectory Equifinality Modeling, TEM) and a quantitative method (Structural Equation Modeling, SEM) are introduced, based on the results of case studies on local entrepreneurs, interview and focus group discussions with stakeholders, and questionnaire surveys of farm households.

First, the results clarify that social capital is critically important both for male and female entrepreneurs in the haor region, and that education is more important to women for empowerment and technology adoption in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the haor region of Bangladesh. In addition, it makes clear that the Common Interest Group approach plays a role for women's empowerment in the target region. Furthermore, it identifies the multi-causal relationships among the factors affecting farm households' performance in disaster risk management at the community level.

This book helps readers to understand regional development through social and cultural transformation in a rural community where poverty and gender discrimination are path-dependent problems.

Assesses entrepreneurship and social innovation for socio-cultural changes in a rural haor region of Bangladesh Integrates qualitative (TEM) and quantitative (SEM) methods for verification of hypotheses Draws policy implications for social and cultural transformation by enhancing entrepreneurship and social innovation

Autorentext

Sohel Rana, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Lily Kiminami, Niigata University Shinichi Furuzawa, Niigata University

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Literature Review on Regional Development, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation and Disaster Risk Management.- 3. Regional Characteristics of the Target Region.- 4. Research Framework, Hypotheses and Methods.- 5. Role of Entrepreneurship in Socio-cultural Changes.- 6. Socio-political Transformation through the CIG Approach.- 7. Performance of Farm Households in Disaster Risk Management at Community Level.- 8. General Conclusions and Policy Implications.