DRIVING COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE GRASSROOTS ECONOMY IN THAILAND
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https://doi.org/10.14456/apsr.2024.3Keywords:
Community Enterprises, Sustainable Grassroots Economy, Foundation EconomyAbstract
This study aims to explain driving community enterprises to create a sustainable grassroots economy in Thailand. At present, 1) the development of community potential is driven by an emphasis on building a strong and sustainable grassroots economy, community participation, community self-reliance in the long term, empowerment, reform for equality and growth with participation, and strengthening the financial institutions in the community. 2) The promotion of community learning processes is driven by stimulating, promoting, and supporting the community learning processes along with the development of knowledge, skills, attitudes, training, and adaptation learning processes. 3) The promotion of community knowledge is driven by seeking, collecting, and disseminating community knowledge for further development to drive knowledge management, wisdom, and exchange of knowledge, leading to the development of a community network to develop and change communities. Way of thinking and doing are based on a sufficiency economy. The community learning center is promoted to create ongoing activities, knowledge, and understanding in community development through various community learning processes. 4) The mechanism for community economic development is driven by the development of the potential of community leaders, groups, networks, economic relationships, and social potential in local communities.
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