Asset accumulation strategies in 3 new settlement communities (report Y1)
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Food manufacturing, agro-industries, construction, services and tourism, major pull factors in rural migration result in growth in non metro regions of the Midwest. This creates challenges for many small communities; it also provides new opportunities. Failure may result in an itinerant labor force, or a segment of population who remain marginalized, reducing the quality of life of the entire community. The main objective is to identify factors that facilitate or impede economic integration. A sustainable livelihoods framework examines how immigrants use their capitals (economic, human, social, and cultural) in income earning strategies, and how the community climate influences their integration. Case studies, focus groups and photovoice elicit the social networks, the range of strategies to accumulate assets, and visually capture community climate for integration as perceived by the newcomers. Nine hundred adults are interviewed the second year on income earnings and sources, assets, and their assessment of well-being. Models and indicators for asset accumulation and economic integration are tested in year 3. Results are disseminated at the Cambio de Colores Conference, summits, workshops, and publications for the academic and practice communities, such as a handbook on integration indicators for community development, a training manual, policy briefs and a book of community case studies.
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