The Strengthening of Development Capital and Governance towards Sustainable Livelihood in Coastal Areas of Medan

Isfenti Sadalia (), Linda T. Maas, Joiverdia and Iskandar Muda

Academic Journal of Economic Studies, 2017, vol. 3, issue 3, 12-18

Abstract: The objective of the research is to analyze the potential and sustainable livelihood through the strengthening of development capital and governance applied to the sustainable livelihood of coastal community in Medan. The present research used descriptive quantitative method. The analysis was used to answer the hypothesis testing using Structural Equation Model or SEM to view relationship in the strengthening between development capital and governance towards the livelihood sustainability in coastal community. Furthermore, through this relationship, a model was then designed for sustainable livelihood development via the strengthening of development capital and governance. The results indicate that sustainable development and governance positively and significantly affect the development capital. However, the existing potential of development capital should be improved through community empowerment model to be better, stronger and more sustainable.

Keywords: Sustainable livelihood; development capital; governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 H53 I15 I38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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