농촌의 사회적 경제 조직, 실태와 과제
The Social Economy Organizations in Rural South Korea - Trends and Challenges -
- 발행
- 2016
- 소속·발행
- 한국농촌경제연구원
- 출처
- 국내 KCI
- 원문등록
- 2016-04-12
- 원문
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개념
키워드
사회적 경제, 사회적 경제 조직, 농촌 발전, 지역사회 발전, social economy, social economy organization, rural development, community development
초록
Our main concerns in this paper are with the several kinds of social economy organization in rural South Korea, in where social exclusion is likely to be prevalent over time. Approximately, there are 2,500~3,000 social economy organizations which have been set up from 1990s. Most of their operational social aims are either to offer jobs or to provide social services for the vulnerable social groups in rural communities. They have several normative principles as a social economy organization. But the two principles were less supported than the others; 1) the community’s initiative and participation, and 2) sharing surplus with community. The social economy organizations are involved in various types of business. The greatest number of social economy organizations are doing businesses in agriculture and agro-industry.
 On average, their value of asset is worth of 300 million wons. They are indebted for 130 million wons, averagely. Their average surplus is 110 million wons. Most of them are small businesses. It is enough to say that the social economy is at an early stage in rural South Korea. The social economy is confronted with some challenges, as follows. Firstly, the social