scholarly journals Unleashing the social capital of self-help groups for strengthening seed systems in Uttar Pradesh, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 100522
Author(s):  
Walter S. de Boef ◽  
Samarth Singh ◽  
Pooja Trivedi ◽  
Kripal Singh Yadav ◽  
P.S. Mohanan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Seed Systems ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Self Help Groups

scholarly journals Perceived Social Networks and Newborn Health: Evidence from Self-Help Group Communities in Northern India

Societies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Ruducha ◽  
Xinran Huang ◽  
James Potter ◽  
Divya Hariharan ◽  
Danish Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Newborn Health ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Northern India ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Health Advice ◽  
Advice Networks ◽  
Self Help Groups

The limitations of individual level interventions in changing behaviors to improve global maternal, newborn and child health have generated more interest in the patterns of social influence and decision making embedded in families, friends and communities. The purpose of this study is to expand the understanding of village dynamics in India and how first degree social and advice networks and cognitive perceptions of 185 recently delivered women (RDW) in areas with and without women’s Self-Help Groups (SHGs) affect immediate breastfeeding. Data was collected in 6 blocks and 36 villages in Uttar Pradesh, India. The expansion of RDW’s social worlds and creation of social capital through the organization of Self-Help Groups in their villages allowed us to examine basic relationships and advice formation as well as perceptions of interconnectedness of known groups. RDW living in SHG villages and blocks had consistently higher numbers of relationship ties, health advice ties and higher density of health advice networks than RDW living in the non-SHG areas. RDW’s perceived knowing ties were also significantly higher between family and health workers in the SHG areas with related higher immediate breastfeeding rates. These results suggest that SHGs can accelerate community social capital and promote more accountability in the health system to engage with families and support the change from traditional to more evidence-based health practices.

scholarly journals Microfinance in Fishery Sector: Social Capital as an Agent of Empowerment

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 7059-7063
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Future Study ◽  
Fishing Communities ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Self Help Groups

The paper is a critical review of studies to understand the role of social capital in the empowerment of fishing communities who avail the assistance of microfinance institutions. The findings showed that studies on empowerment of communities by social capital were less. However, a substantial amount of studies analysed the concept of deployment of social capital as an assertion for the repayments of the loans obtained from the microfinance institutions. In addition to the above, the number of studies on the function of social capital in the empowerment of fishing communities who obtained financial assistances from microfinance institutions was rare. Although a few studies that investigated the attainment of knowledge and balanced utilisation of the available resources were obtained, studies that concentrated extensively on the on the beneficiaries in the fishery sector were found to be scarce. There were a sparse number of studies that elucidated the characteristics of the microfinance institutions as well as the groups of the beneficiaries of these institutions that affect the generation of a strong social capital among the group members. In conclusion, this review opens up various avenues for future research. Studies that scrutinise the difficulties of the members of self-help groups in the fisheries sector in employing the knowledge gained and resources attained from social capital established in their group and the consequent changes in their performance in their business can be carried out. Apart from the aforementioned future study opportunity, comprehensive studies on the policies to develop the social capital of the groups of the beneficiaries of the microfinance institutions can be carried out

scholarly journals Measuring coordination between women’s self-help groups and local health systems in rural India: a social network analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. e028943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Ruducha ◽  
Divya Hariharan ◽  
James Potter ◽  
Danish Ahmad ◽  
Sampath Kumar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Degree Centrality ◽  
Referral Networks ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
The Village

ObjectivesTo assess how the health coordination and emergency referral networks between women’s self-help groups (SHGs) and local health systems have changed over the course of a 2-year learning phase of the Uttar Pradesh Community Mobilization Project, India.DesignA pretest, post-test programme evaluation using social network survey to analyse changes in network structure and connectivity between key individuals and groups.SettingThe study was conducted in 18 villages located in three districts in Uttar Pradesh, India.InterventionTo improve linkages and coordination between SHGs and government health providers by building capacity in leadership, management and community mobilisation skills of the SHG federation.ParticipantsA purposeful sampling that met inclusion criteria. 316 respondents at baseline and 280 respondents at endline, including SHG members, village-level and block-level government health workers, and other key members of the community (traditional birth attendants, drug sellers, unqualified rural medical providers, pradhans or elected village heads, and religious leaders).Main outcome measuresSocial network analysis measured degree centrality, density and centralisation to assess changes in health services coordination networks at the village and block levels.ResultsThe health services coordination and emergency referral networks increased in density and the number of connections between respondents as measured by average degree centrality have increased, along with more diversity of interaction between groups. The network expanded relationships at the village and block levels, reflecting the rise of bridging social capital. The accredited social health activist, a village health worker, occupied the central position in the network, and her role expanded to sharing information and coordinating services with the SHG members.ConclusionsThe creation of new partnerships between traditionally under-represented communities and local government can serve as vehicle for building social capital that can lead to a more accountable and accessible community health delivery system.

Psychosocial Pathways Towards a Sustainable Society

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Tripathi ◽  
Sunit Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Society ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Bonding Social Capital ◽  
Bridging Social Capital ◽  
Debt Bondage ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Major Predictor ◽  
Self Help Groups

This article focuses on a social intervention effort that has been going on for about 15 years to free a group of people who have been under debt bondage in rural India. They have worked as members of self-help groups (SHGs) and now are members of a producers’ company devoted to the cause of organic farming. The article investigates the role that is played by greed, altruism and social capital in sustainability perceptions of such villagers who only recently got exposed to the ways of an aspirational society. We found that greed and altruism played very little part in predicting sustainability perceptions, but social capital was a major predictor. While bonding social capital enhanced sustainability perception, bridging social capital reduced it. The results are understood in the overall social context of the Indian rural society and the social processes that unfolded during this intervention.

Why Do the Bonded Fear Freedom?

2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunit Singh ◽  
Rama Charan Tripathi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Silica Sand ◽  
Social Intervention ◽  
Tribal People ◽  
The Public ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Agency Beliefs ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
Personal Functioning

The article discusses the case of the Kol tribal people who have been working as bonded labourers in the stone quarries and silica sand mines near Allahabad, India. It analyses the conditions and factors that have been responsible for keeping them bonded for many generations. The article details and discusses a social intervention made by us to ensure sustainable freedom for these bonded tribal. The intervention focused on conscientisation of the public and government departments and also of the larger community. It sought to reduce fear of freedom of the bonded, and attempted to change their agency beliefs. It also focused on developing the binding and bridging components of social capital to improve their inter-personal functioning in order to strengthen the SHGs (self-help groups) which they had formed and also the Federation of the SHGs.

scholarly journals Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Women’s Development: A Case Study of the Varanasi District

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tripti Kumari ◽  
Anand Prasad Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Women's Development ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Economically Deprived ◽  
Development Processes ◽  
The Government ◽  
Self Help Groups ◽  
The Impact

Development is a multi-dimensional process that affects society in multiple ways. It is well documented that women constitute about half of the world’s population but their share in the economy and other development spheres remain neglected. In addition, this large section of population (including Indian women) have been suffering from various disadvantages - lack of accessibility to resources, non-recognition of their economic contribution within the family and society. In order to resolve these emerging challenges, Government of India (GOI) has implemented various programmes and policies since Independence. Among these programmes, Self Help Groups (SHGs) may be considered as a significant initiative of the government as well as the non-governmental organisations (NGOs). These are based on the principle of democratic process of development. The democratic institution provides a platform to the socially and economically deprived sections and encourages them for economic participation. Since the 1970s, SHGs have been working in many states of India and contributing to the development processes. The present paper is an attempt to analyse the contribution of SHGs in women’s development in the district of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. The impact of these groups on women’s development has been analysed by Gender Development Index (GDI), which focused on the male-female differences in terms of longevity of life, knowledge and economic betterment.Key words: Development, Self Help Groups, Women in Development, Varanasi, India

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