Developing character and entrepreneurship among young men in a fishing community in West Sumatra, Indonesia

The causes of poverty in fishing communities are frequently multidimensional. Poverty alleviation interventions, however, are often monodimensional, mainly providing physical assets such as fishing equipment. Such interventions fail to address human, social and institutional weaknesses and, perverse...

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Published inJournal of international development Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 617 - 623
Main Authors Stanford, Richard J., Febriamansyah, Rudi, Prayanda, Ibnu Riyadhie, Henri, Erikson
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester Wiley Periodicals Inc 01.04.2021
Subjects
Alleviation
capacity building
Curricula
Entrepreneurship
Financial management
fishers
Fishing
Fishing communities
Honesty
human capital
Intervention
Marketing
Morality
Older people
Personality
Poverty
poverty alleviation
Teaching
Young men
West Sumatra Indonesia
Indonesia
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Summary:The causes of poverty in fishing communities are frequently multidimensional. Poverty alleviation interventions, however, are often monodimensional, mainly providing physical assets such as fishing equipment. Such interventions fail to address human, social and institutional weaknesses and, perversely, may increase fishing effort and exacerbate poverty. To address one gap in current poverty alleviation efforts, human capacity potential and weaknesses among young men in an Indonesian fishing village were explored, by interviewing youth and elders. A teaching curriculum was developed, which includes practical skills on developing a business, financial management, marketing and material addressing character issues such as honesty, integrity and self‐esteem.
ISSN:0954-1748
1099-1328
DOI:10.1002/jid.3532