Problem
Lack of social service extension offices
Other Names:
Reduced service outreachLimited agency outreach
Blocked agency outreach
Absence of support systems for effective community operation
Inadequate community support services
Nature:
Isolation and remoteness are repeatedly given as the reason for the failure of the private sector to respond to requirements of rural communities. The absence of effective support systems linking small villages to the network of resources, services, and expertise available throughout a country means that funding sources are largely untapped, credit lines undeveloped, equipment acquisition difficult and government liaison inadequate. This not only prevents development but produces a debilitating sense of isolation and insignificance. Conversely, this same remoteness affects the rest of the nation's response to the village.
Broader Problems:
Decreasing consumer choiceInsufficient enabling structuresGeographically isolated settlementsRestricted delivery of essential services to rural communities Narrower Problems:
Physically inaccessible servicesInadequate community care for handicapped persons Aggravates:
Complex health deliveryRestricted state support of the familyExcessive dependence of local communities on outside services Strategies:
Providing extension offices Subject(s):
→ SystemsInnovative change → Appropriateness
Social Activity → Agency
Social Activity → Services
Societal Problems → Inadequacy
Societal Problems → Scarcity
Society → Communities
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST