European Social Investment Paradigm and the South Asian Social Business Model in the Context of Socio-Economic Inclusion Effectiveness

• Authors: Agnieszka Makarewicz

Title variants

PL

Europejski paradygmat inwestycji społecznych i południowoazjatycki model biznesu społecznego w kontekście efektywności inkluzji społecznogospodarczej

Abstracts

PL

Głównym celem artykułu jest wskazanie wkładu paradygmatu Inwestycji Społecznych oraz modelu Biznesu Społecznego w proces integracji społeczno-gospodarczej. Do osiągnięcia celu wykorzystane zostanie pojęcie efektywności społecznej oraz metody jej pomiaru. Biznes społeczny opiera się na pożyczkach dla najuboższych i mikrokredytach dla tych, którzy są w stanie zapłacić odsetki, jednak dla systemu bankowego pozostają niewiarygodni. Zgodnie z europejskim paradygmatem Inwestycji Społecznych wydatki rządu na usługi społeczne nie powinny być dłużej postrzegane jako redystrybucja, ale konceptualizowane jako inwestycje, które przynoszą zwrot w postaci większego udziału w rynku pracy, większej wydajności pracowników itd. Te dwa rozwiązania mają wspierać inkluzję społeczno- -ekonomiczną przede wszystkim poprzez zwalczanie ekskluzji finansowej, definiowanej jako sytuacja finansowa, która wiąże się z brakiem lub odmową dostępu do zasobów, towarów i usług oraz niemożnością uczestniczenia w życiu społecznym.

EN

The main objective of the paper is to indicate the contribution of Social Investment paradigm and the Social Business model to the process of socioeconomic inclusion. The concept of social effectiveness and the methods of its measurement will be used to achieve the objective. Social Business is built on loans for the poorest and micro-credits for those who can afford to pay interest, however, for the banking system they remain unreliable. According to the European Social Investment paradigm, the government’s spending on social services should not be perceived as redistribution but rather conceptualized as investments that bring a return in the form of larger share in the labour market, greater employee productivity, etc. These two solutions are to support socioeconomic inclusion by combating, above all, financial exclusion defined as financial situation which involves the lack of access to the resources, goods and services, and the inability to participate in social life.

Keywords

EN

Social Business; Social Investment; social exclusion; financial exclusion; social; effectiveness

PL

Biznes Społeczny; Inwestycje; Społeczne; ekskluzja społeczna; ekskluzja finansowa; efektywność społeczna

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 76
• Pages: 279-295

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Makarewicz

• University of Wrocław

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/athena.2022.76.15

Biblioteka Nauki

2163367