Abstract
This article investigates the socio-economic benefits of Home Based Enterprises (HBEs) within the settings of rural housing in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. Households’ livelihood resources are engaged and affected widely by the HBEs and reciprocally the HBEs are also affected by them. Some households practice HBE only for their subsistence and some are involved for their household development. A major number of family members are engaged with the HBE. When HBE is practiced within the rural households, the livelihood receives some extended dimensions of socio-economic benefits. These benefits are studied for the six selected cases, identified as permanent and floating households. The selected case study HBEs are analyzed with reference to the analytical scale factors of livelihood resources. A comparison of the socio-economic benefits of the cases of permanent and floating homesteads context is drawn through the data analysis.
Highlights
In Bangladesh, the poverty rate is 24.3% of the total population, and around 80 percent of them live in rural areas (World Bank 2018, BBS 2010)
A major number of family members are engaged with the Home-based Enterprises (HBEs)
HBEs studied in urban areas in developing countries (Strassmann, 1987; Tipple, 1993; Ghafur, 2001) studies rarely investigate the impacts of HBEs on rural housing
Summary
In Bangladesh, the poverty rate is 24.3% of the total population, and around 80 percent of them live in rural areas (World Bank 2018, BBS 2010). They are: ‘human capital’, ‘natural capital’, ‘financial capital’, ‘physical capital’ and ‘social capital’. ‘Human capital’ is a factor of the amount and quality of labour available at a household level Natural resources such as, land, water, forests, natural environment quality, river erosion etc. It has special importance for those who derive their livelihoods (all or partial) from natural resource-based activities. ‘Financial capital’ is probably the most adaptable among five categories as it can be converted into other types of capital or it can be used as a direct mode of livelihood outcomes It includes the direct financial solvency of a household. Social resources such as social relations, affiliations, associations and networks etc. are the part of ‘Social capital’
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