Handbook on Steps to a Sustainable Community Business Development

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Handbook on Steps to a Sustainable Community Business Development

September 26, 2014

Local Community Businesses have proved to not only improve livelihoods of local people but also enhance social cohesion in communities. Not only for local woman entrepreneur groups but also many residents from local communities benefit from this initiative. It brings local government authorities closer to the local people, and sets a good example of community development through improving livelihoods and community-based participatory approaches. The impact of this component through local community business initiatives in the two communities is very positive in terms of poverty reduction and social cohesion, gender empowerment, and the engagement of extension of local government services.


​The handbook, developed in corporation with the Faculty of Communication Science, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus, presents community business initiatives and demonstrates comprehensive 11 steps (step by step) to achieve sustainable community business developments ranging from product/package development to community contributions, from suitable pricing strategy to market access/development, and from standard GMP to business management. Two thousand copies of the handbook were published and distributed to local entrepreneur groups, local authorities, government agencies, academic institutes, public libraries in Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces.


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