scholarly journals Social capital, savings, and educational performance of orphaned adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 1704-1710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred M. Ssewamala ◽  
Leyla Karimli ◽  
Chang-Keun Han ◽  
Leyla Ismayilova
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Educational Performance ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals The Long-Term Effects of the Printing Press in sub-Saharan Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 69-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Cagé ◽  
Valeria Rueda
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Indigenous Population ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Printing Press ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Long Term Consequences ◽  
Sub Saharan

This article investigates the long-term consequences of the printing press in the nineteenth century sub-Saharan Africa on social capital nowadays. Protestant missionaries were the first to import the printing press and to allow the indigenous population to use it. We build a new geocoded dataset locating Protestant missions in 1903. This dataset includes, for each mission station, the geographic location and its characteristics, as well as the printing-, educational-, and health-related investments undertaken by the mission. We show that, within regions close to missions, proximity to a printing press is associated with higher newspaper readership, trust, education, and political participation. (JEL L82, N37, N77, N97, O17, O43, Z13)

Social capital and agricultural innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 112-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fédes van Rijn ◽  
Erwin Bulte ◽  
Adewale Adekunle
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Innovation ◽  
Sub Saharan

Building the New African Eco-Industrial Economy: Circulating Brains and Recycling Materials

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-237
Author(s):  
Rubin Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Environmental Studies ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Studies ◽  
Brain Circulation ◽  
Industrial Areas ◽  
Industrial Economy ◽  
Industrial Experience ◽  
The Future ◽  
Sub Saharan

AbstractThis paper develops an original proposition for debate in the fields of African studies, transnationalism, environmental studies, and technology studies. Essentially, the paper posits that, for a few key reasons, Sub-Saharan Africa will not likely have an opportunity to experience industrialization with the reigning "destructo-industrial" technologies pioneered by Europeans and Americans. An industrial experience appears achievable for Sub-Saharan Africans only in the context of a new ecological economy. Not only are there no unassailable national frontrunners in this future area, but Sub-Saharan Africans have a credible opportunity of being among the leaders in the future. The process would commence with "brain circulation," the movement of Africans into rich, technologically advanced countries to have their human, economic, and social capital enhanced, some of which to be reinvested in their respective homelands, particularly in ecological industrial areas.

Come together to promote health: case study and theoretical perspectives from a Kenyan community-based program

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L Goodman ◽  
Aleisha J Elliott ◽  
Stanley Gitari ◽  
Philip Keiser ◽  
Lauren Raimer-Goodman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Social Theories ◽  
Important Health ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Sub Saharan

Summary Over the past four decades, group-based microfinance programs have spread rapidly throughout south Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Recent evaluations of the programs have identified social capital as a common byproduct of frequent association by members, increasing trust, belonging and normative influence. Concurrently, social capital is increasingly recognized as an important health determinant. We present an overview of a program intervention operating in Kenya that utilizes a microfinance approach to produce social capital, and seeks to leverage that social capital to promote health at three levels—the village, group, and individual. A theory of change is presented for each of these three levels, demonstrating conceptually and with program examples how social capital can be applied to promote health. Related social theories and approaches, further research and program directions are given for each of the three levels. We identify potential to improve a broad range of health outcomes through this innovative model, which requires engagement with health promotion researchers and planners in low- and middle-income countries for further refinement and validation.

Family School Enrollment in Rural Malawi and Kenya: A Regional Analysis

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Schafer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Regional Analysis ◽  
School Enrollment ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Family Economy ◽  
Family Decision ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
Sub Saharan

AbstractThis study examines family school enrollment practices under five distinct national/regional contexts in two sub-Saharan African nations, Malawi and Kenya. This paper presents a model of family enrollment practices rooted in family economy theory and dependent upon local, regional, and national contexts of schooling. The model incorporates social capital arguments that family decision-making strategies may be influenced by members' networks of social relationships within communities. The paper discusses specific national and regional contexts highlighting aspects of institutional change in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings suggest that a broadened family institution model, along with community social capital contexts, can provide a more comprehensive and nuanced explanation of enrollment practices. Implications for scholarship and policy are discussed.

scholarly journals The erosive effects of small disasters on household absorptive capacity in Niamey: a nested HEA approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumana Boubacar ◽  
Mark Pelling ◽  
Alejandro Barcena ◽  
Raphaëlla Montandon
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Household Economy ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Response Planning ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Access To Food ◽  
Analytical Approaches

The Household Economy Approach (HEA) is a tool routinely used to monitor household-level vulnerability to food security shocks in rural sub-Saharan Africa. Efforts are now focused on applying the HEA in urban contexts. Previous work has shown specific limitations to this method when applied to cities, where livelihoods are diverse, social capital is especially important for managing shocks, and multiple hazards interact. The paper proposes a household resilience assessment tool that incorporates elements of the HEA to provide potential for a joined-up rural–urban output, but that includes additional data and specific analytical approaches in recognition of urban contexts. The tool is piloted in Niamey, Niger. The experience showed collection of the required data to be challenging. Results identified low levels of resilience amongst flood-exposed households associated with inequalities in social capital ties and variable access to food and security post-flood. Responding to loss, households expended savings and took on debt. This has implications for focused resilience building and flood response planning.

IS SOCIAL CAPITAL IMPORTANT IN FORMAL-INFORMAL SECTOR LINKAGES?

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750008
Author(s):  
PROSPER SENYO KOTO
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Rare Event ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Positive Real ◽  
Real Effects ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Using Data

Is social capital important in formal-informal sector linkages? Previous research focused on the role of the productive capacities of the enterprises in the informal sector as determining factors. This paper aims to uncover, at least in part, whether or not social capital is important in facilitating the linkages between enterprises in the formal and informal sectors. As a novelty, having linkages with the formal sector is treated as a rare event. Consequently, the analysis involves flexible binary generalized extreme value models using data from the World Bank Informal Sector Surveys. The scope is thirteen countries from sub-Saharan Africa. The results are indicative that social capital has significantly positive, real effects on the likelihood of linkages. If one sees the informal sector as a source of jobs and as a stepping-stone to the formal sector, there is a case for the recognition of the role of informal social networks in the design of entrepreneurial policy.

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