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Developing an Integrative Framework of Village Financial Management to Enhance Local Food Security Resilience

1 Delpi Susanti, 2 Sujianto, 3 Harapan Tua, 4 Hasim ‘asari

1234Department of Public Administration, Universitas Riau

Coresponding Author : 

delpisusanti@rokania.ac.id

delpi.susanti7023@grad.unri.ac.id


https://doi.org/10.56544/ijcas.v3.1727

 


Keywords : village financial management; local food security resilience; collaborative governance; fiscal decentralization; community participation; institutional capacity; rural transformation.


Abstract

This study develops an integrative framework of village financial management as a strategic governance model to enhance local food security resilience within the broader context of fiscal decentralization. The research departs from a structural problem in which village fund management remains predominantly administrative, fragmented, and oriented toward short-term physical infrastructure development, thereby limiting its function as an instrument of socio-economic transformation grounded in sustainable food security. To address this conceptual and practical gap, the study formulates an integrative governance approach that synergizes managerial, participatory, collaborative, and institutional capacity dimensions into a systemic analytical framework adaptable to local dynamics. Empirically, the study examines how the interaction among village financial management practices, community participation, multi-stakeholder collaboration, and administrative capacity influences the effectiveness of local food security programs. A mixed-methods approach with an exploratory sequential design is employed. The quantitative phase tests the patterns and relationships among key variables, while the qualitative phase deepens the analysis of institutional mechanisms, deliberative practices, and collaborative governance dynamics at the village level. The findings reveal that village fund allocations are still largely dominated by short-term physical infrastructure spending. However, villages that adopt collaborative governance characterized by digital-based budget transparency, substantive participatory deliberation, and synergy among village governments, village-owned enterprises, and farmer groups demonstrate significant improvements in food security program effectiveness, local economic productivity, and community self-reliance. These results underscore that the integration of fiscal accountability, deliberative participation, and institutional collaboration constitutes a critical determinant in strengthening local food security resilience. The primary contribution of this study lies in the development of an integrative conceptual model that repositions village funds as transformative governance instruments anchored in food security objectives. Beyond extending the literature on fiscal decentralization and collaborative governance, the proposed framework offers a replicable model for enhancing local food security resilience through inclusive, adaptive, and sustainability-oriented village financial governance.

SDGs and Heritage Wellness Tourism

Shirley Mo-ching YEUNG
Head, School of Business, Gratia Christian College, UNPRME Advanced Signatory Institute, Hong Kong 

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the steps of applying design thinking to identify key factors relevant to UNSDGs and 5 steps of design thinking to identify the ley factors for heritage wellness tourism. Based on Scispace AI literature search on Lijiang heritage wellness tourism (https://scispace.com/chat/1029b288-a6c1-4bf1-b8c3-879e73edd581), there are 7 out of 100 research papers. With nvivo analysis of the 7 selected papers, the key factors for Lijiang Heritage Wellness Tourism for SDG (total of 43 references) have been identified :1) Rehabilitation Space Design for Heritage Wellness (163 references), 2) Social Life Space for Heritage Wellness (124 references), and 3) Jobs for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) (77 references) while a factor on AI for Rehabilitation Space has been found of the highest references (228) among the 7 selected papers. This is managerial relevant to understanding the ways to promote Lijiang Heritage Wellness Tourism with the first phase of Scispace literature search related the use of AI – AI for Health and Well-being: for achieving SDG 3, for example, AI-driven treatments for mental health care, economic growth, and healthcare services delivery and AI-powered initiatives for SDG 8, for example, job creation, cost reduction, productivity gains, and improvements in general public health indicators which open new research areas for AI in heritage wellness tourism 1) skills development, 2) curriculum planning and heritage wellness event management. 

How to Cite 

YEUNG, S. M.- ching. (2026). SDGs and Heritage Wellness Tourism. Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change, 11(3), 1–11. 
https://doi.org/10.64753/jcasc.v11i3.4991
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