2. SDG11 and the Associated Challenges to Implementation

Al-Zu’bi, Maha; Radović, Vesela

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“…More importantly, the Jordanian government has always given importance to self-employment and entrepreneurship. Special attention is paid to job creation and training, and rehabilitation projects are also initiated to combat unemployment as part of efforts to propel the socio-economic development process forward (Al-Zu'bi et al, 2018). To create a basis for entrepreneurial activity, the attention should be focused on vocational education and training.…”

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Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Jordan: Challenges and Prospects for Start-ups

Alharbi

2020

JLB

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The aim of this article is to assess entrepreneurship activities in Jordan and present how start-ups reduce unemployment. The article also explores the challenges that start-ups face and how such challenges hinder entrepreneurs from engaging in business smoothly. The sample of the study comprises two hundred start-ups distributed in different regions in the country. The method of analysis employed is primarily descriptive statistics in the form of frequencies. Moreover, the binary logit model is used to check the prospects of self-employment and business creation attitudes among youth. The findings of the study reveal that entrepreneurship is one of the main strategies for creating jobs in Jordan, and it contributes to the overall growth of national economy. The study also reveals that the major challenges to engage in start-ups are related to financing and fundraising, regulations of taxation and interpretations of laws. The study also identified a considerable lack of entrepreneurial training at the early stages of business creation.

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Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Jordan: Challenges and Prospects for Start-ups

Alharbi

2020

JLB

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Informal household-practiced urban agriculture as a contributor to sustainability and resilience: the case of Emirati neighbourhoods

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Galal Ahmed

2024

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PurposeWhile urban farming is advocated as a contributor to urban sustainability and resilience, the “informal” household-practiced urban agriculture activities are taking place within urban spaces in most Emirati neighbourhoods but unfortunately without investigating their potential as participatory processes that could efficiently help attain urban sustainability and resilience on the neighbourhood level. So, this research is a humble attempt to bridge the gap of the lack of official recognition of informal residents-led processes and their products in a way that help understand them and their impacts and to explore the possibility of developing them further into wider community shared urban agriculture activities.Design/methodology/approachThe research adopted the case study method and selected a representative neighbourhood to investigate informal residents-led urban agriculture practices. The utilized qualitative–quantitative investigation tools included map analysis, field observation and in-depth interviews with the residents of the selected neighbourhood.FindingsThe results of the research have revealed that the residents managed to successfully pursue informal urban farming processes that have led to significant environmental, social and economic sustainability and resilience outcomes. While these informal urban farming activities are performed individually by each household, the interviewed residents have shown enthusiasm to take part in larger-scale collective community urban farming activities, especially in the deserted public and semi-public spaces in their neighbourhood.Originality/valueThe research outcomes significantly contribute to the growing worldwide discourse about urban agriculture/farming, especially in a country like the UAE where such activities are almost overlooked. Based on its findings, the research concludes by proposing a set of recommended actions to legitimatize these informal urban agriculture processes in the urban development regulations and to build on them to encourage the local communities towards more collective urban farming activities.

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2. SDG11 and the Associated Challenges to Implementation

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Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Jordan: Challenges and Prospects for Start-ups

Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Jordan: Challenges and Prospects for Start-ups

Informal household-practiced urban agriculture as a contributor to sustainability and resilience: the case of Emirati neighbourhoods

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