1. Indigenous Social Enterprises as Drivers of Sustainable Development: Insights From Mexico and Peru.
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Vázquez Maguirre, Mario, Portales, Luis, and Velásquez Bellido, Isabelle
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SUSTAINABLE development , *SOCIAL enterprises , *QUALITY of life , *SOCIAL entrepreneurship , *GENDER inequality , *SOCIAL history ,SOCIAL conditions in Mexico - Abstract
The aim of this article is to explore the mechanisms by which indigenous social enterprises contribute to a rural community’s sustainable development and improves the quality of life of its inhabitants. The work follows a qualitative methodology and uses the case study as a research technique. The research suggests that social enterprise uses four main mechanisms to promote rural sustainable development in the community where it operates: labor as a source of quality of life, gender equality, sustainable exploitation of the resources, and the equitable distribution of benefits between the economic, social and environmental dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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