Gendered Social Capital in Developing Countries: The Case of Turkey

2021 ◽  
pp. 247-292
Author(s):  
Hiroko Kawamorita ◽  
Yashar Salamzadeh ◽  
Ali Kahramanoğlu ◽  
Kürşat Demiryürek ◽  
Nur İlkay Abacı ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Developing Countries

Online Sisterhood

2016 ◽  
pp. 208-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariane J. Utomo
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Personal Income

Across developing countries, the role of social networks and social capital in facilitating women's access to income is well documented. However, less is known about how networks facilitated by social networking sites (SNS) may transform women's economic opportunities in these regions. In this chapter, I draw upon a relatively recent phenomenon of the use of SNS as a medium of trade in urban Indonesia. In 2010, I conducted preliminary interviews to examine the dynamics of Facebook-facilitated trade among urban middle-class married women residing in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The interviews highlighted beneficial links between social media, social capital, and productivity – by means of increased personal income. However, this effective link between SNS and income-generating social capital is likely to be a rather distinctive example, as it depends largely on the class, gender, and cultural specificities that shape the nature of online and offline social interactions among my target group.

Social-Capital Mobilization and Income Returns to Entrepreneurship: The Case of Return Migration in Rural China

2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (10) ◽  
pp. 1763-1784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongdong Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Investment Capital ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Future Business

Temporary labor migration in developing countries is an important urban–rural linkage that has a potential impact on rural development. According to the new economies of labor migration, it is often a strategy used by families with small farms to acquire investment capital for future business formation. In this paper, I argue further that human-capital accretion during migration reinforces the mobilization of local social capital, which in turn enhances a returnee's entrepreneurship. By using the results of an in-depth survey of returned labor migrants in rural China, I seek to explain the mobilization of social capital and income return to entrepreneurship in a multivariate framework. I find that skilled returnees are indeed more prone to mobilize social capital. The income return to local social capital is as considerable as that to investment capital and skills acquired at the urban destination. The findings suggest that the consequences of labor migration can be better understood through the integration of the new economics of labor migration and social capital

scholarly journals How Does Internet Usage Influence On Social Capital, Connectedness, Success And Well-Being Of Grassroots Level Inventors In Sri Lanka?

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaminda Nalaka Wickramasinghe ◽  
Nobaya Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Social ◽  
Grassroots Level ◽  
The Impact

Internet has been recognized as the world largest knowledge depositary. Therefore, there is overwhelming expectation over the Internet to be influenced the social and technological development of marginalized communities of less developed countries. However there were no published studies that investigate the nature of the innovation systems and the impact of internet on the inventors in developing countries. Therefore, the existing knowledge of how the internet usage of influence on social capital, connectedness, success and subjective well-being of inventive community in developing countries is vague. Present study explores the influence of the internet usage on social capital, community connectedness, inventive achievements and subjective well-being of the grassroots level inventive community of Sri Lanka. Findings suggest that internet has been significantly influenced on the social capital, connectedness and subjective well-being of grassroots level inventors in Sri Lanka. However, internet usage is not significantly influence on the objective inventive achievements of the inventors.

scholarly journals The Link between Participation, Leadership, Social Capital and Personal Psychology with Economic Empowerment among Women Smallholder Groups in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 729-735
Author(s):  
Fauziah binti Ani
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Women Groups ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
East West

Many developing countries turn to women groups as a way to empower women of similar socioeconomic backgrounds. In this regard, this research was conducted to study the relationship between the level of participation, leadership, social capital, personal psychology and economic empowerment among members of women smallholder groups. A total of 433 members of women smallholder groups involved in economic development activities were selected from four Peninsular Malaysia states covering four regions: south, east, west, and north. Through utilizing questionnaires, the results of this analysis were obtained and analysed with the Pearson Product Moment Correlation -SPSS. The findings show that these four independent variables are related moderately and highly to economic empowerment. Based on the study findings, it is possible to improve the economic empowerment of women smallholder groups by paying attention to those four variables.  

scholarly journals Clan governance and landless social capital: an anthropological stakeholdership model

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-484
Author(s):  
Roberto Moro Visconti
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
The West ◽  
Financial Shocks ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Governance Models

Traditional corporate governance models in Western countries have been severely shaken by the still ongoing recession, whereas in developing countries backward and unrefined stakeholdership models have provided an involuntary shelter from financial shocks. Clan governance rotates around informal relationships, which concern also untitled land, intrinsically unfit for collateral lending. Comparison between the West and the Rest does not suggest automatic dominance of formal governance patterns, but rather painfully converging standards, under the centripetal influence of disordered globalization, which may flatten cultural differences, up to the point of spoiling valuable “biodiversities”.

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