Social Capital and Its Contingent Value in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Western China

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 ◽  
pp. 350-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanlong Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyu Zhou ◽  
Wei Lei
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Western China

The Role of Livelihood Diversification and Social Capital in the Movement of Households: A Case Study from Central Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-50
Author(s):  
Saroj Pokharel ◽  
Dipak Tharu ◽  
Yagya Murti Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Livelihood Diversification ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Central Nepal ◽  
Qualitative Approaches

The study aims to investigate the role of livelihood diversification and social capital for the households’ movement, and also to explore the identity and bond of social capital and livelihood diversification to achieve an improved lifestyle. Human relations significantly create a network society, impalpable resource of community, shared values and trust which we draw upon in our daily lives. Livelihood diversification is a community-practised strategy for managing economic and income diversity in poverty reduction. It has highly emphasized income and well-being to diversify livelihood. It also turns the likely norms and networks with the households from exploiting new economic opportunities even in the future. This study responds to why people are migrating from the surrounding and the long distance of Kathmandu, and largely dependent on direct cash incomes from informal activities. It used qualitative approaches such as ethnography, case studies, participant observation, etc. to study the relationship between households and social capital level and livelihood diversification. Hence, the effects of social capital and livelihood diversification were found protecting households’ income. The major findings also show the social supportive network index which has significant effects on the households’ ability to learn a new livelihood. Income generations similarly affect the household capacity to secure a home and the socio-economic condition of households. This study can be advantageous for making both local and urban policy to diversify household livelihoods and social capital as well as applicable for new researchers in social sciences. Most importantly, it helps readers perceive new ways of promoting livelihood diversification and social capital and as a whole social advancement in Central Nepal.

scholarly journals PEMBENTUKAN MODEL PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI PENGEMBANGAN BUDAYA KEWIRAUSAHAAN UNTUK MENGURANGI PENGANGGURAN DAN KEMISKINAN

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Sukhemi Sukhemi ◽  
Siti Maisaroh
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Entrepreneurial Culture ◽  
Local Institution ◽  
Empowerment Model

ABSTRACT   This study aims to examine the model’s formation that can reduce the problem of unemployment and poverty. In accordance with these objectives,  there are several principal problems studied in this research that are; (1) how the approach to poverty reduction programs should be made, (2) how the potential of local institutions' resources are able to act as virtuous circles to reduce the poverty, (3) how the community empowerment model system based on the potential of local wisdom resources and institutions local communities should be conducted in order to be able to significantly reduce the number of local poor community, independent and sustainable. This research was conducted at Muntuk Village due to it is classified as a backward village and it still has the good local wisdom potential to be developed further. This research applies participatory research method to the craftsmen group chosen as pioneer in forming the community empowerment model. The main subjects in this research are; craftsmen group and socio economic community societies at Muntuk Village. The subjects of this study are determined by purposive sampling. Data collection techniques are done through interview, FGD, and analytical descriptive analysis. The result of the research shows that the link and the integration among the bamboo handicraft industry, the local institution’s role, the entrepreneurship spirit and the work ethic of the craftsmen group through the entrepreneurial skills development and social entrepreneurship culture are able to be a virtuous circle or the virtue circle to cut the poverty problem, more independent and sustainable, from the original still powerless to be powerful. The strengthening of empowerment model supported by the strength of human capital, social capital, and also citizens participate actively, were increasingly able to produce a form of community empowerment model. Furthermore, the empowerment model is more strongly built through six pillars namely; industrial structure, entrepreneurship spirit, human capital and social capital factors, local institution, infrastructure and conductive environment. All sub-systems in each of these pillars are interconnected in a system namely community empowerment system model through the development of an entrepreneurial culture to alleviate unemployment and poverty. Keywords : Empowerment Model, Enterpreneur Culture, Unemployment and Poverty

scholarly journals Association between social capital and quality of life among urban residents in less developed cities of western China

Medicine ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. e9656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Gao ◽  
Shujuan Yang ◽  
Xiang Liu ◽  
Xiaohui Ren ◽  
Danping Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Western China ◽  
Urban Residents

The Finance–Growth Nexus and Poverty Reduction in Western China

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 513-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanping Huang ◽  
Yu Liu ◽  
Huakun Wu
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Western China ◽  
Finance Growth Nexus

scholarly journals SOCIAL CAPITAL NETWORKS, MICROCREDIT AND POVERTY STATUS OF RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN NIGERIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodeji Sunday Ogunleye
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Poverty Measure ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Poverty Status

This study examined how social capital networks contribute to rural households’ poverty status in Southwestern Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select a total of 300 households for this study. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain information and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Foster, Greer and Thorbecke (FGT) poverty measure and Two-Stage Least Square model (2SLS). Results showed that poverty incidence, depth and severity were 60%, 46.70% and 20.10% respectively among the sampled households. The results indicated that forms of social capital networks in the study area include cooperative societies, family and friends, farmers’, professional career, religious, and microfinance groups. The results further showed that 66.00% of the households in the study area sourced microcredit from cooperative societies. The 2SLS estimate showed that the coefficient of the aggregate social capital index (β =730.83, p < 0.05) also showed a positive, significant relationship with household per capital expenditure. The result indicated that a unit increase in social capital network index of the household would increase household per capita expenditure in the study area by N730.83. The study concluded that membership of social capital networks positive influence households’ access to access to microcredit and poverty reduction.

scholarly journals Relevance of social capital in women’s business performance in Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Mozumdar ◽  
KS Farid ◽  
PK Sarma
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
The Government ◽  
External Actors

Social capital has been projected as a key resource in entrepreneurial success. While the association between successful business activity by rural women and their ability in building social capital is often seen as a pathway of poverty reduction, a thorough understanding of the relevance of social capital in women’s business performance could have crucial insights into ways for alleviating rural poverty in developing countries. Nonetheless, the relevance of social capital in women’s business performance has hardly studied in the specific context of Bangladesh. The present review is undertaken to fill this information gap. Social capital has positive impact on gaining legitimacy, building mutual trust and co-operation in women’s business. Besides, women enterprises with enhanced social capital are found to possess better access to other forms of capital. The review shows the importance of external actors such as microfinance institutions in developing social capital of women enterprises in Bangladesh. Alongside microfinance, regulative factors such as different rules and regulations of the government can positively facilitate women entrepreneurship development in rural Bangladesh.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 15(1): 87-94, January 2017

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Social Capital in Digital Information Technology Poverty Reduction an Empirical Study in Urban and Rural China

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 634
Author(s):  
Zhen Liu ◽  
Yiming Wei ◽  
Qiuming Li ◽  
Jing Lan
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Social Trust ◽  
Multidimensional Poverty ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Income Groups ◽  
Digital Information Technology

Widespread use of digital information technology is having a significant impact on economic growth and people’s well-being. This paper assesses the mediating role of social capital in the impact of digital information technology on multidimensional poverty. Due to differences in regional, industrial structure and other factors, digital information technology has different impacts on urban and rural residents. In this paper, the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) database is used for data, and a mediating effect model is used to study the problem. The digital information technology use was found to enhance social capital from social network, social participation and social trust, and subsequently alleviates multidimensional poverty. The results indicate that social trust plays a more significant mediating role than social capital and social participation on the impact of digital information technology on multidimensional poverty. Furthermore, the results reveal that the use of digital information technology has varying effects on poverty reduction among different income groups, with a much higher effect on low-income groups. However, the mediating effect of social capital in high-income groups is higher than that in low-income groups. In particular, social capital in the top 25% of income groups has the highest mediating effect. In the heterogeneity analysis between urban and rural areas, it is found that the multidimensional poverty situation in urban areas is significantly better than that in rural areas, because urban residents have a higher use of digital information, and at the same time, the quality of social capital in urban and rural groups is different, leading to the difference in the effect of digital information technology on poverty reduction of multidimensional poverty. Based on the results of the study, we believe that the use of digital information technology has actually improved the multi-dimensional poverty status of all groups, and social capital plays a key mediating role in it. Relying on the progress of digital information technology, we can build more convenient social network. Establish more adequate channels of information communication, enhance social trust and social participation, and alleviate multidimensional poverty.

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