Planning Of Socio-economic Development Research Articles

Analyzing Rice land changes using Remote sensing and GIS in Ben Tre province, Viet nam

Ben Tre province is located at the downstream of the Mekong river system where there are three ecosystems: saline, brackish and freshwater, which create favorable conditions for the development of the horticultural economy and the marine economy. Faced with the impact of climate change and market demand, agricultural planning has been adjusted to land use planning. In which, the rice land area was adjusted to decrease to suit the actual situation. This study applies Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess the change process in the rice land area of Ben Tre province over 6-time points 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, and 2023. Through land cover classification results from Landsat and Sentinel-2 satellite image data, the study analyzes the process of converting rice land to other land types. From there, the study evaluates the effectiveness of converting agricultural land use purposes. The research results contribute to connecting the master plan for socio-economic development with land use planning in the future.

Applying an Analytic Hierarchy Process and a Geographic Information System for Assessment of Land Subsidence Risk Due to Drought: A Case Study in Ca Mau Peninsula, Vietnam

The increase in extreme weather events causes secondary hazards that can influence people and the environment enormously. The Ca Mau Peninsula is known as one of the areas most severely affected by drought, and excessive groundwater exploitation is one of the reasons leading to a higher risk of land subsidence. This study uses the Delphi method and the KAMET rule table to analyze and select indicators that affect subsidence. The study uses the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) analytical hierarchy method to evaluate the weights of influencing factors, combined with geographic information system (GIS) technology to overlay the map layers of the main influencing factors and build a subsidence risk warning zoning map of the study area. The influencing factors selected to evaluate the impact on land subsidence in the study area during the drought period included geological structure, soil characteristics, groundwater flow exploitation, water flow in the dry season, current land use status, and evaporation in the dry season. The weights of these factors were evaluated based on the synthesis of relevant documents as well as consultation with experts. The results indicate that nearly two-thirds of the Ca Mau Peninsula area is currently at very low or low risk of subsidence. Meanwhile, 23% of the area is at medium risk, nearly 9% is at high risk, and 0.1% of the study area is at very high risk. Subsidence risk warning zoning maps can provide a visual and general overview of areas with high subsidence risk, supporting managers in making reference plans for socio-economic development in the Ca Mau Peninsula.

Photovoltaic systems promote grassland restoration by coordinating water and nutrient uptake, transport and utilization

The extensive use of fossil fuels puts ecological and economic coordinated development at risk. Photovoltaic systems relieve the pressure of resource extraction and energy generation on climate change, and their installation and module operation affect vegetation productivity and grassland restoration by changing the microenvironment and ecosystem processes. However, it is still unclear whether plants adapt to these changes in photovoltaic systems to sustain their growth. Here, combined stable isotope techniques with plant traits, plant adaptations to photovoltaic systems at different scales were analyzed from the perspectives of water and nutrient sources, uptake, transport, and utilization. The results showed that photovoltaic systems increased water uptake by the dominant species Leymus chinensis from the top 10 cm of the soil and the aboveground biomass. This was associated with strong plasticity of roots and conduction tissues, which improved resource uptake from the fertile surface soil and transport within the plant, and promoted photosynthesis and leaf water loss by inducing stomatal opening. Different from fixed photovoltaic systems, tracking photovoltaic systems improved ecosystem water use efficiency and surface soil nutrient availability by reducing soil temperature. Tilting tracking photovoltaic systems especially promoted biomass accumulation and grassland restoration. The study suggested that photovoltaic systems promoted vegetation restoration of grassland ecosystem in semi-arid region through the water and nutrient coordination and the carbon-water coupling, and provides a solution for reasonable planning of photovoltaic industry and sustainable socio-economic development.

Противоречия экономики России и механизм их разрешения в условиях импортозависимости

The article examines the modern economic model of Russia and the gaps in the existing import substitution policy. In the course of the work, contradictions of economic institutions were identified, the structural causes of the crisis of the debt build-up model, the question of the introduction of a sovereign development plan was raised, the definition of the plan was given, conditions for sustainable economic growth were described, a model of the economy of innovative development was proposed, taking into account the mistakes of the “debt build-up economy” with the aim of developing Russia as a center of global importance. Based on the analysis, the proposals for the transition to a new economic policy and the use of tools for its implementation on the ba-sis of a system of short- and long-term state planning of socio-economic development are substantiated. A methodology for the formation of a unified strategy for socio-economic development is proposed in order to mitigate emerging strategic risks in the context of external aggression.

Sustainable Tourism in the World Heritage Town Luang Prabang, Lao PDR

This paper discusses the role of local institutions in promoting sustainable tourism in Luang Prabang, Laos, with a focus on SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. The study uses qualitative research methods to gather from stakeholders and examines the synergies and trade-offs among various SDGs, the strategies for balancing different priorities, the importance of positive stakeholder relationships and consultations, and the future challenges facing the tourism industry in Luang Prabang. The socio-economic development plan for Luang Prabang Province prioritizes political stability, protection of cultural and natural heritage, sustainable agriculture, education and healthcare, hydroelectric power, and commercial and financial development. Despite challenges, Luang Prabang Province has made significant progress in implementing its socio-economic development plan over the past two years. However, several challenges still need to be addressed, including economic growth lacking rationality, income and development disparities between urban and rural regions, inadequate educational and healthcare services, preservation of cultural heritage and effective management of tourism resources, inadequate labor skills development and land management, budgetary constraints, deficiencies in policies and mechanisms for private investment, and the impact of social deprivation on progress and development. The province aims to address these challenges by enhancing political education and training, prioritizing rural development and employee welfare, eliminating poverty and uplifting living standards, seeking input from diverse ethnic backgrounds, addressing political resistance and limitations, and cultivating the province to attain prosperity and resilience.

Statistical Assessment of the Product Innovation Impact on Employment and Wages in Ukrainian Industry

Innovation activity of industrial enterprises is one of the most important prerequisites for the socio-economic development of the country. Innovations contribute to the growth of labor productivity, value added and profit, and, consequently, to an increase in the level of wages. Studies of patterns of the product innovation impact (measured as an indicator of the share of innovative products in industrial sales) on employment and wages in the industrial sector of the economy has, therefore, significant theoretical and practical importance. The purpose of the article is a statistical assessment of the relationships between product innovation and employment, as well as between product innovation and wages in Ukrainian industry. Analytical confirmation of a significant decrease in the level of product innovation and employment in Ukrainian industry over the past decades is provided. Using correlation-regression analysis methods, it was empirically proven that there is a high positive correlation between the innovativeness of products and the share of industry in the employment structure of the Ukrainian economy. A regression model was built, allowing to determine how the employment in Ukrainian industry will change with changing the product innovativeness by 1 pp. Almon’s method was used to build a distribution-lag model (with a lag of three years) reflecting a high positive dependence of the index of average monthly salary of a full-time employee in the Ukrainian industry on the growth of the product innovation index. On the basis of proven regularities, a deterministic econometric model for optimization of the technological structure of realized industrial products and innovative products in the context of manufacturing industry was developed and tested at the level of Ukraine; the model was used in estimations by linear programming technique. The optimization criterion is a product innovation increase. The results of modeling lay a theoretical basis for strategic macroeconomic planning and socio-economic forecasting, as they allow for choosing a target optimization function at which wages in the manufacturing industry of Ukraine will reach the desired value.
 Innovative activity of industrial enterprises is one of the most important prerequisites for the socio-economic development of the country. Innovations contribute to the growth of labor productivity, added value and profit, and as a result, to an increase in the level of wages. Accordingly, the study of patterns of impact of product innovation (expressed as an indicator of the share of innovative products in the volume of industrial products sold) on employment and wages in the industrial sector of the economy has significant scientific and applied importance. The purpose of the article is a statistical assessment of the relationships between product innovation and employment, as well as between product innovation and wages in Ukrainian industry. Analytical confirmation of a significant decrease in the level of product innovation and employment in Ukrainian industry over the past decades. With the help of correlation-regression analysis methods, it has been empirically proven that there is a high direct relationship between the innovativeness of products and the share of industry in the structure of employment in the Ukrainian economy. A regression model has been built, with the help of which it is possible to determine how employment in Ukrainian industry will change when the innovativeness of products changes by 1 p.p. Using Almon’s method, a distribution-lag model (with a lag of three years) was built, which reflects the high direct dependence of the index of the average monthly salary of a full-time employee of the Ukrainian industry on the growth of the index of product innovation. On the basis of proven regularities, a deterministic economic-mathematical model for optimization of the technological structure of realized industrial products and innovative products in the context of production of the processing industry was developed and tested at the level of Ukraine, which was solved by the method of linear programming. The optimization criterion is the increase in product innovation. The results of modeling form a scientific basis for strategic macroeconomic planning and forecasting of socio-economic development, as they allow choosing such a target optimization function at which wages in the processing industry of Ukraine will reach the desired value.

Кластерный анализ арктических поселений Якутии с позиции концепции резильентности

Shifting the focus from the anti-crisis agenda to the tasks of contributing to the achievement of national goals in the Arctic requires the development of new approaches to the implementation of state policy in these territories of the Russian Federation, taking into account modern trends: reconfiguring relations with the vector to the East and reorienting to the development of anchor settlements as geostrategic points of Russia. In modern realities, priorities have been set – the development of the Northern Sea Route and mineral resource centers, the im-plementation of economic and infrastructure projects, and the creation of a new Arctic economy. New ap-proaches are also required to “fine-tune” the tools to increase/ensure the sustainability of the economic sys-tems of strategically important Arctic regions. In this regard, an assessment of the socio-economic develop-ment of the municipal districts of the Arctic zone of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) using cluster analysis is given. In the article it is considered by the authors as an effective tool of “pre-planning” and one of the tools for selecting potential candidate settlements for inclusion in the list of strategic territories of the Arctic, which is es-pecially relevant in the light of the forthcoming development by the executive authorities of master plans for the development of reference settlements of the Arctic zone of Russia and comprehensive plans for socio-economic development until 2035.

ЗАХОДИ З ПОКРАЩЕННЯ ЕКОЛОГІЧНОГО СТАНУ ДОВКІЛЛЯ У ЗОНІ ВПЛИВУ АВТОМОБІЛЬНИХ ДОРІГ

Introduction. In the context of the modern development of the automotive industry and the road sector as a whole, the level of technogenic load on the environment from the operation of the road complex is increasing. Therefore, measures to minimize the negative impact of the operation of roads are becoming increasingly important. Problem Statement. Unlike the countries of the European Union, Ukraine has not properly developed the provision of environmentally friendly technologies, the introduction of regulatory and legal support for the mandatory integration of environmental policy into other documents containing the principles of state, sectoral regional and local development, the introduction of approaches to environmental, socio-economic development planning, the elimination of the dependence of economic growth on the increased use of natural resources and increased environmental pollution, the formation of a system of environmental protection from the impact of roads - these principles are the basis for the development and implementation of a set of measures to ensure environmental safety in the road sector. Purpose. To determine the level of environmental safety of the entire road complex, to identify changes in the environmental legislation of Ukraine, and to analyze the strategy of the state environmental policy of Ukraine.

Framework for considering the interactions between climate change, socio-economic development and land use planning in the assessment of future flood risk

Flood risk is expected to increase significantly around the globe, fuelled by the nexus between flooding and land use. This is because changes in land use due to socio-economic development increase runoff, as well as the “values-at-stake” exposed to flooding. At the same time, changes in flood extent and depth can impact land use via policy interventions aimed at reducing future flood risk, such as buy-backs and zoning. Existing approaches to flood risk assessment and mitigation have generally ignored this two-way interaction between flooding and land use. To address this shortcoming, an integrated framework considering the dynamics of future changes in the flood-land use nexus is introduced and applied to the Gawler River region, South Australia. Results indicate that changes in land use due to socio-economic drivers can have a significantly greater impact on flood losses than climate change and that zoning can be effective in reducing future flood risk.

Дополнение системы стратегического планирования источниками финансирования

Strategic planning of socio-economic development is one of the most important state functions. In advanced countries, the modern state represents the interests of the whole society with all its social and age strata. Its actions rely on forecasting the trends in national and global development. The state defines national interests, goals, and development priorities to implement them through strategic plans, programs, projects, and development institutions. The mainstream economic thought does not justify the state intervention into the market. However, the modern practice of public administration has proven the need for strategic planning of socio-economic development as a prerequisite for successful economic growth. The research objective was to identify the methodological foundations of effective strategic planning. It relied on such traditional methods of scientific research as analysis, synthesis, generalization, and comparison. Despite the poor representation of the topic in scientific journals, the author formulated methodological recommendations that can be applied in practice when adjusting public policy.

A BLUEPRINT FOR EUROPEAN UNION ECONOMIC INTEGRATION THROUGH SOCIAL ECONOMY INNOVATION

Romania, a member of the European Union (EU) since 2007, has been riding the high-hopes-low-expectations EU integration carousel for over a decade and a half. Its resilient, dwindling and aging population has seen its share of shattered dreams, stemmed from the 40-year failed communist social experiment, and continuing into the ill-fated socio economic reforms of the 90s. While joining the EU marketplace seemed initially the right answer to all the economic worries, the difficulty in implementing and adapting to the new socio-economic structures, and laws, created new headwinds for the already fragile Romanian business space. With an overstretched public sector marred by corruption, with private sector battered by the headwinds of countless fiscal reforms, and a frail voluntary sector, the country is still trying to find its economic footing, and a master plan for socio-economic development is needed more than ever. We posit that a profit-making, commercial structures, such as the social enterprise, which has its primary goal to achieve certain social objectives, has the potential to make a strong business, societal, and environmental impact. Our qualitative, interventionist research methodology aims to bring more arguments in favor of adding social entrepreneurship skills such as creative bricolage, as well as soft skills like critical thinking and empathy to the business toolkit competencies, in order to improve the business paradigm. Our attempts to measure the social enterprise model impact on rural economies are intended to work towards creating a blueprint for sustainable, long term economic growth, and ease the integration within the EU business model.

A novel Spatio-temporal principal component analysis based on Geary's contiguity ratio

Multivariate statistics have gained a respectable place in quantitative research, especially in the economic geography, socio-economic development, urban and regional planning and spatio-temporal analysis. The main goal is to reduce multidimensional data to simple, but meaningful representative information. One of the powerful methods in multivariate statistics is Principal Component Analysis (PCA). The aim of this paper is to define a novel Spatio-Temporal Principal Component Analysis (STPCA). It is the first solution that sensibly combines at the same time variability of the values of the observed features, time of observation of the considered features and place of observation. It is therefore a solution for spatio-temporal data and a very valuable tool for practitioners wishing to obtain useful inferences from a PCA. The inclusion of the time and place of observation, in addition to the variability of the values of features, results in more detailed division of the examined objects into homogeneous clusters. Space and time, which interact with each other, are used on equal terms in the construction of the STPCA. The definition of these principal components is based on the product of two factors. The first factor is equal to the variance of the functional principal components, and the second factor is Geary's contiguity ratio C. The proposed new method of Spatio-Temporal Principal Components was used to show the mutual location of 16 Polish regions characterized by 12 socio-economic features observed in the years 2002–2018 in the system of the first two principal components and to identify homogeneous clusters of these regions in the system of all 15 constructed principal components.

Socio-Economic Development of Tibet in the 7th Five-Year Plan (1986–1990). Part 5

The fourth stage of the socio-economic development of Tibet (1979–1985) was characterized by the beginning of the transition of its planned economy to a market economy, taking into account the Tibetan characteristics (Russian-Chinese Research, 2022, No. 4). In 1983, the State Council of the People's Republic of China began work on drawing up the next seventh five-year plan for the country's socio-economic development for 1986–1990. The developers set a triune task: firstly, to create favorable conditions and maintain a balance between aggregate demand and supply. Secondly, to ensure stable economic growth. Third, continue to improve the quality of life of the people. The 7th Five-Year Plan has become a true "strength test" of the People's Republic of China (including the Tibet Autonomous Region): numerous challenges in the field of economy, politics, social relations, demanded from the authorities of all levels of wisdom, endurance, foresight and vigorous action. This has led the TAP to achieve higher economic performance than the PRC as a whole.

ANALYSIS OF THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO IMPROVING THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF UKRAINE

The article summarizes scientific and methodological principles of strategic planning of socio-economic development at the regional level in Ukraine. The main goal of strategic planning of regional development is determined and the main stages of developing a system of regional economic development forecasts are considered. The process of developing a strategic plan for socio-economic development of the region is analyzed, and the factors influencing the process of developing this strategy are also considered. The purpose of the article is the formation of theoretical and methodological foundations of strategic planning of regional development based on the analysis and theoretical generalization of methodological tools on the problem of research, development practice and the content of regional development strategies in Ukraine.
 Methodological foundations and legal basis of strategic planning are revealed both in the research of scientists and in the works and documents of Ukrainian and international experts. In the theory of strategic planning, general characteristics and tools for the implementation of this process are determined at various levels: the national level, individual territorial administrative units, and enterprises. Among the latest publications on the issues of this research, monographs by V. Vartsaba, N. Smentin, and scientific articles by O. Shevchenko, S. Ivanov, A. Chernykhivska, and others should be noted.
 International experience and practical foundations of strategic planning of regional development are outlined in the latest publications of the UN Development Program, as well as confirmed by experts of international projects and programs to promote local development in Ukraine.
 Practical implications: The author has justified the need to include budgeting in the system of methods of strategic economic analysis and developed an algorithm for methodical economic analysis of the activity of a commercial organization.
 Originality: As a result of using the methodological foundations of strategic economic analysis, a scheme of correspondence of methods to the stages of its organization has been developed.
 Conclusions: The author has highlighted traditional (statistical), economic-mathematical and special techniques in the system of methods of strategic economic analysis, emphasized the relevance of the toolkit of strategic economic analysis for a commercial organization operating in modern economic conditions, and also emphasized the prospects for development in the field of improvement and expansion of the methodological base of this direction.
 The quality of strategic planning of the socio-economic development of the region largely depends on the scientific and methodological support of this process. To ensure the expediency of strategic planning and to achieve a cumulative positive effect from the implementation of the developed strategy, it is necessary to combine the efforts of the management and administrative- financial, production and scientific-technical spheres, to involve the fullness and optimization of the natural, human, scientific-technological and innovative potential of the region. The main tasks and priorities of regional development at the current stage are overcoming crisis phenomena in socio-economic fields and increasing the pace of economic recovery.

Development of Dairy Cattle Breeding in the Regions of the Russian Federation: Economic and Statistical Study

The article reflects the main results of the statistical analysis of the development of dairy cattle breeding in the Russian regions. The relevance of the topic is due to the strategic value of the industry, serving the needs of the population of the country's regions in demanded food products. Based on statistical data compiled by the Federal State Statistics Service, the dynamics of milk production and the number of live-stock and cattle of dairy breeds are analyzed. In addition, an assessment is made of the impact of climate on the industry in question, as well as a number of other factors on milk yields in individual regions. To deepen the inter-regional comparative analysis of the problems of the development of dairy cattle breeding, the author used the hierarchical clustering method. To do this, the author built a system of indicators that characterizes the industry in question, the effectiveness of its functioning, and the factors of its development, while the calculations used the average annual values of each indicator for the period from 2018 to 2021. The preference for the 5-cluster structural model is substantiated, which reflects the differentiation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in terms of the development of dairy cattle breeding. The conclusion summarizes the results of an interregional comparative analysis of the development of the considered segment of the economy, which, in the author's opinion, should be taken into account when improving and optimizing both the federal program and regional plans for socio-economic development, increasing the welfare of the Russian population, equalizing the levels of economic development of individual regions of the country.

THE ABILITY TO CONTROL SPACE AND PROPERTY IN A MUNICIPALITY

The author's research is based on the need for control over the development of the public space of the municipality by its residents. The article is devoted to the study of the processes of formation of the public space of the city of Perm. The author shows that with today's approach to the processes of forming public space, a number of documents are mainly executed, but attention is not paid to the needs of city residents. Proposals have been formed for the development of urban public space and control over municipal property within the framework of the Strategy of Socio-economic Development o. In practice, the author presented a decision on the need to “digitize” municipal property, which was included in the draft Strategy for the socio-economic development of the municipality and in the plans (road maps) of subordinate institutions. The development of information systems, the growth of infrastructure services, an increase in the amount of processed and stored information in databases shows the need to increase the working capacity of service equipment and the volume of data storage systems, which in turn will lead to the need to determine a single method for assessing the result of using digital technologies, which in turn the queue will lead to the need to protect the results obtained f the city of Perm. It is presented in the analysis of materials characterizing the use of methods of analysis and systematization of theoretical fundamental research, applied developments and documentation. An analysis of the practice of project management and the specifics of the regulatory framework can make it possible to identify problematic points in the application of project management technologies at the municipal level: lack of synchronization of the processes of strategic socio-economic development, portfolio management and budget planning; lack of external expertise of the proposed results of government projects with justification of their effectiveness, sufficiency and necessity for local communities. The results of the study can be used in the development of public spaces of municipalities.

The Impact of the Digital Economy on Carbon Emissions from Cultivated Land Use

Is digitalization conducive to promoting carbon reduction in cultivated land use while empowering high-quality socio-economic development and intelligent territorial spatial planning? Derived from China’s provincial panel data from the period 2011 to 2019, in this paper, we employ a fixed-effect model to study the impact of the digital economy on carbon emissions from cultivated land use and apply an intermediary-effect model to estimate the impact that the structure of the digital economy has on carbon emissions from cultivated land use. The results indicate the following: (1) The expansion of the digital economy can significantly decrease the carbon emissions caused by cultivated land use. This conclusion is still valid after considering endogenous issues and conducting a series of robustness tests. (2) Green technical renovation has played a significant intermediary role in the effect the digital economy has on the amount of carbon emissions from cultivated land use. (3) Digital economy development has significantly promoted innovation in green technology by increasing the size of green invention patent applications and authorizations, thus effectively curbing carbon emissions from cultivated land use and achieving the carbon emission reduction effect of the digital economy. However, some suggestions are put forward, including speeding up the deep integration of digital technology and cultivated land use planning, strengthening the application of green technical renovation achievements in the agricultural field, and enhancing the government’s function in the institutional guarantee of the growth of the digital economy.

Building a Model for Forecasting the Exchange Rate on the Long-term and Short-term Horizons

Forecasting the ruble exchange dynamics appears objectively necessary for shaping both the medium-term financial strategy of industry corporations and the general strategic course for occupying leading positions in sectors of business interest, including through the use of new financial instruments, new markets and, in general, a system of strategic planning of socio-economic development of Russia. However, in today's realities, according to most experts, with whom we cannot but agree, the task of forecasting seems extremely difficult and appears complicated by the fact that the launched crises are unpredictable and are characterized by a diverse nature (pandemic and geopolitical crises, expansion of trade wars and sanctions). In such conditions, when uncertainty grows excessively, it is important to turn to the accumulated experience: to analyze to what extent the available models can be suitable for prospective assessments in the current environment.

Mapping of trace elements in topsoil of arid areas and assessment of ecological and human health risks in Qatar

Soil is the incubator of human activities. Mapping of soil contaminants needs to be constantly updated. It is fragile in arid regions, especially if it accompanies dramatic and successive industrial and urban activities in addition to the climate change. Contaminants affecting soil are changing due to natural and anthropogenic influences. Sources, transport and impacts of trace elements including toxic heavy metals need continuous investigations. We sampled soil in accessible sites in the State of Qatar. An inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) and an inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) were used to determine the concentrations of Ag, Al, As, Ba, C, Ca, Ce, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Dy, Er, Eu, Fe, Gd, Ho, K, La, Lu, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Nd, Ni, Pb, Pr, S, Se, Sm, Sr, Tb, Tm, U, V, Yb and Zn. The study also presents new maps for the spatial distribution of these elements using the World Geodetic System 1984 (projected on UTM Zone 39N) which is based on socio-economic development and land use planning. The study assessed the ecological risks and human health risks of these elements in soil. The calculations showed no ecological risks associated with the tested elements in soil. However, the contamination factor (CF) for Sr (CF > 6) in two sampling locations calls for further investigations. More important, human health risks were not detected for population living in Qatar and the results were within the acceptable range of the international standards (hazard quotient HQ < 1 and Cancer risk between 10−5 and 10−6). Soil remains a critical component with water and food nexus. In Qatar and arid regions, fresh water is absent and soil is very poor. Our findings enhance the establishment of scientific strategies for investigating soil pollution and potential risks to achieve food security.

A Sustainable Solution or Just a Different Form of Humanitarian Assistance? Examining the Kalobeyei Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan (KISEDP)

Abstract This article contributes to the understanding of operational challenges linked to the implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees and the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework . In the scope of the analysis is the operationalisation of the Kalobeyei Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan in Kenya, aimed at promoting economic and social integration through greater opportunities for self-reliance, livelihood, and inclusion in national service systems for refugees and the host population alike. The article sheds light on the conditions and prospects for developing the Kalobeyei Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan by examining key circumstances and interplays in two areas central to the idea of refugee/host integration – relevant national legal frameworks and the composition of grounding socio-economic factors. The results show the need for revisions to the Kalobeyei Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan if its most grounding objectives are to materialise. As it stands, the implementation builds on an incompatible amalgamation of a grand development vision, speaking about inclusion, mobility, and economic development, to be carried out in a much restricted and economically challenging environment.