The New South Wales Department of Health (NSW Health) wishes to make appropriate use of casemix data as inputs to the determination of funding levels for small rural hospitals. However, other factors such as hospital size and degree of isolation might need to be taken into account. The study reported here involved correlation of actual expenditures with those predicted by use of a casemix model...

S mall businesses form the foundation of most rural and urban economies. To grow and prosper, these enterprises need access to equity capital as well as the debt capital provided by traditional banking institutions. While debt markets function well in most rural places, rural equity markets tend to be unorganized or nonexistent (RUPRI Rural Finance Task Force). The impetus for the Rural Policy ...

Access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can have dramatic impact on poverty alleviation for rural women and for achieving socio economic development goals. Rural women need to treat ICTs as an empowerment tool and a means to a living. The use of mobile communication devices and internet are changing the way agricultural activities are managed by farmers nowadays. Rural women...

More and more information system applications have been adopted in China. Telecom operators in China are applying information services and solutions to more and more sectors and areas, of which the rural area is a typical example. Firstly, the paper describes the architecture of the mobile information system which is based on telecommunication terminals and is realized through text messaging, v...

These simple thoughts—pros and cons—provide few guidelines for rural residents or policymakers. More useful is the distinction made by Mikel Landabaso, whose perspective on the development of lessdeveloped regions groups requirements for development into those that are necessary and those that are sufficient. The necessary conditions are basic physical infrastructure and human resources with a ...

Please (2009) Summary.— In this paper we clarify the mechanisms through which rural electrification can contribute to rural development. Through a detailed case study analysis of a community-based electric micro-grid in rural Kenya, we demonstrate that access to electricity enables the use of electric equipment and tools by small and micro enterprises, resulting in significant improvement in pr...

welfare, employment, urban development, financial education, and not least to develop the self-esteem of people excluded from ordinary economic activity. It is used to advance business initiatives by private individuals seeking to earn their living through independent work. The primary purpose of microlending is therefore not banking.” The model established by the Grameen Bank encourages women ...

With growing demands for fast provision of new and complex services, imposed by life and business dynamic in general, service providers are forced to adopt open technologies and advanced business models in their solutions. These enable a fast response to market demands and maximum utilization of the network. A big challenge for operators today is how to deliver broadband services in rural areas...

In India, entrepreneurship among women is of recent origin. Socio – economic background is an important factor that influences the woman to start their business. Money is not the sole objective among woman entrepreneurs to enter in to the business. The studies relating to woman entrepreneurs in rural areas further reveal that training and awareness regarding different agencies have proved benef...

The objectives of the research are to analyse the main features of small businesses of South and West Hungary, to identify the main tendencies of their operation and development and to determine the main motivating factors in their business management processes. The area under examination covers rural county Zala, rural county Somogy, and the settlements located by the Western shore of lake Bal...