Social capital in microfinance: Case studies in the Philippines

2001 ◽  
pp. 195-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin R. Quinones ◽  
Hans Dieter Seibel
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
The Philippines

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Cruz Berrocal ◽  
Cheng-Hwa Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
The Future

We briefly review the topics that our case studies in Vanuatu, Marianas, the Philippines, Taiwan, China, Vietnam, and Japan highlight, and note the value of these studies in framing a comparative approach to colonialism in the Asia-Pacific region. Each case study highlights different aspects in the colonial relationship. The chapters have been grouped following a geographical criterion, and the imbalance reflects the fact that some areas have been better studied than others (e.g. for Marianas), albeit with different perspectives. We express our hope that the book has gathered some previously little systematic or accessible evidence, offered comprehensive histories of some of the areas, and raised questions for the future.

Incapacity and debt

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Macknight
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Modern France ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Moral Attitudes

This chapter begins with the efforts to find a solution when an heir proved incapable of exercising responsibility for property affairs owing to a long-term illness or disability. Failure to address incapacity in an heir could jeopardise not only the individual’s patrimony but also the maintenance of the family’s economic, cultural, and social capital. Tutelle and curatelle were legal mechanisms for managing such situations and the chapter documents family decision-making in archival case studies. The second issue explored is the nature of aristocratic behaviour when financial debts strained or exhausted nobles’ control of economic capital. Causes of financial difficulties are analysed as well as the effects on health, moral attitudes surrounding borrowing, and the implications of chronic indebtedness for succession and family dynamics in modern France.

Social Networking, Cyber Bullying, and the Role of Community Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 117-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Sofo ◽  
Francesco Sofo
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
The Social

This chapter explores the link between social capital, the bullying that can occur via social networking sites, and community education. It becomes evident that social networking sites are influential sources of informal learning despite the published literature being somewhat divided on the sociological, psychological, and emotional benefits of social networking. Through the presentation of Australian statistics and case studies, the chapter demonstrates how social capital can be eroded through the misuse of social networking sites particularly in the form of cyber bullying. The Australian government has responded to the social impacts of cyber bullying by funding an extensive community education program. Through examining this program, it is possible to see how important it is to have effective and accessible community education regarding safe and responsible social networking.

Rooted Men

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-176
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Sallaz
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Call Center ◽  
English Language ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Language Fluency ◽  
English Language Fluency ◽  
Do So ◽  
Male Workers

Straight Filipino men are underrepresented (at approximately 15%) in the call center labor force. Gendered norms about Filipino masculinity, this chapter argues, have established English-language fluency as a feminine, or even gay, trait. “Real men,” so to speak, work with their hands and bodies rather than with their voices. Still, many Filipino men do pursue and obtain call center jobs. They do so as means by which to establish roots in the Philippines rather than migrate abroad. To work in the industry, however, straight men must be able to deflect various challenges to their masculinity. Case studies of male workers are used to illustrate this dynamic.

scholarly journals Using structural equation modelling to characterise multilevel socioecological predictors and mediators of condom use among transgender women and cisgender men who have sex with men in the Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. e002463
Author(s):  
Arjee Restar ◽  
Adedotun Ogunbajo ◽  
Alexander Adia ◽  
Jennifer Nazareno ◽  
Laufred Hernandez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Transgender Women ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Hiv Services ◽  
Sex With Men

BackgroundRisks for condomless sex among transgender women and cisgender men who have sex with men (trans-WSM and cis-MSM, respectively) in the Philippines, where HIV recently became a national public health crisis, are shaped and exacerbated by various risk factors across multiple levels.MethodsBetween June 2018 and August 2019, we conducted a cross-sectional online study with 318 trans-WSM and cis-MSM respondents from Manila and Cebu cities. Structural equational modelling procedures were performed to determine direct, indirect and overall effects between condom use and latent variables across multiple socioecological levels: personal (ie, condom self-efficacy), social (ie, social capital), environmental (ie, barriers to condom and HIV services) and structural (ie, structural violence, antidiscrimination policies).ResultsAdjusted for gender, age, location and income, our model showed that: (1) all latent variables at the structural and environmental levels were significantly positively associated with each other (all ps<0.05); (2) barriers to condom and HIV services were significantly negatively associated with social capital (p<0.001) as well as condom self-efficacy (p<0.001); and (3) there were significantly positive associations between social capital and condom self-efficacy (p<0.001), and between condom self-efficacy and condom use (p<0.001). Moreover, social capital and condom self-efficacy fully mediated and buffered the negative effects between environmental and structural barriers and condom use.ConclusionThis is the first known study pointing to multiple relationships and pathways across multiple socioecological levels that can potentially be leveraged for future interventions aimed at improving condom use among Filipinx trans-WSM and cis-MSM. Such interventions should be multicomponent and build and/or strengthen social capital and condom self-efficacy, as well as intentionally target prominent structural and environmental barriers to condom use.

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