scholarly journals Household-level Social Capital in Cameroon and Children’s Schooling: A Gender Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
JT Atemnkeng
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Gender Analysis ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Children's Schooling

scholarly journals Payments for environmental services supported social capital while increasing land management

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (27) ◽  
pp. 7016-7021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Alix-Garcia ◽  
Katharine R. E. Sims ◽  
Victor H. Orozco-Olvera ◽  
Laura E. Costica ◽  
Jorge David Fernández Medina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Environmental Services ◽  
Payments For Environmental Services ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Rigorous Research

Payments for environmental services (PES) programs incentivize landowners to protect or improve natural resources. Many conservationists fear that introducing compensation for actions previously offered voluntarily will reduce social capital (the institutions, relationships, attitudes, and values that govern human interactions), yet little rigorous research has investigated this concern. We examined the land cover management and communal social capital impacts of Mexico’s federal conservation payments program, which is a key example for other countries committed to reducing deforestation, protecting watersheds, and conserving biodiversity. We used a regression discontinuity (RD) methodology to identify causal program effects, comparing outcomes for PES participants and similar rejected applicants close to scoring cutoffs. We found that payments increased land cover management activities, such as patrolling for illegal activity, building fire breaks, controlling pests, or promoting soil conservation, by ∼50%. Importantly, increases in paid activities as a result of PES did not crowd out unpaid contributions to land management or other prosocial work. Community social capital increased by ∼8–9%, and household-level measures of trust were not affected by the program. These findings demonstrate that major environmental conditional cash transfer programs can support both land management and the attitudes and institutions underpinning prosocial behavior. Rigorous empirical research on this question can proceed only country by country because of methodological limitations, but will be an important line of inquiry as PES continues to expand worldwide.

Relative shadow prices of social capital for household-level paper recycling units in Vietnam

2006 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Ha ◽  
Shashi Kant ◽  
Virginia Maclaren
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Shadow Prices ◽  
Paper Recycling ◽  
Household Level

scholarly journals Explaining the Fall of Socio-Economic Inequality on Welfare in East Java: A Household Level Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-72
Author(s):  
Ririn Nopiah Nopiah ◽  
Humam Rosyadi Rosyadi ◽  
Abdurakhman
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Logistic Model ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Welfare Level ◽  
Indonesia Family Life Survey ◽  
Level Analysis

Poverty in East Java is complex problems multidimentional. East Java Province is one of the province that has highest number of  poverty in Java Island. The condition of poverty reflects that population welfare level and suspectible to poor. The aims of this study is analysis determinan socio economics to welfare in East Java by using survei data from Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS 5). This study was analyzed by two approach are multiple linier regression model and ordered logistic model. The results of this study shows that micro credit, years of education, social capital, infrastructure availability and assets ownership have significant effect to welfare in East Java. Demographic factors like age and number of household also shows significant result to welfare in East Java.

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.

scholarly journals Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis as a Response to the Crisis in the Community and Voluntary Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-217
Author(s):  
Katy Goldstraw ◽  
Eve Davidson ◽  
Carol Packham
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Community Based ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Community Sector

The aim of this article is to recognize the crisis currently experienced by the voluntary and community sector (VCS) and to consider a creative response to this crisis utilizing VCS assets. The article uses a creative assets based response to the VCS crisis, utilizing sustainable livelihoods’ analysis (SLA) as a means of identifying VCS assets. SLA, traditionally used to explore vulnerabilities and assets at a household level, will be expanded and utilized to analyze the effects of austerity on small voluntary organizations. We use SLA as a theoretical lens through which to analyze our data, we propose that small VCS organizations can consider their position using SLA as a tool. The VCS can use SLA to consider its assets and vulnerabilities in the context of austerity; in engaging in this process, the VCS can recognize opportunities. The small VCS organization typically has high-quality community-based social capital, and it has a human capital and community knowledge. This integrated grassroots social capital expertise and strong community-based human capital is unique to the VCS. In mobilizing its assets, the VCS as a sector can seek to overcome the funding crisis that it is experiencing and develop creative solutions to austerity.

Migration, Social Networks and Risk

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 92-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Winkels
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Rural Migration ◽  
Migration Process ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Household Members

This study of rural-to-rural migration in Vietnam investigates the role of social networks in the migration process and how they affect the risks associated with mobility. The findings point to a complex picture in which migrants use their social capital to reduce the challenges associated with moving, settling and both accessing and maintaining income opportunities at the destination. At the same time, the pooling of financial and human resources at the origin household level allows migrants to take greater economic risks at the destination, thus potentially increasing levels of livelihood vulnerability for both the migrant and those household members left behind.

scholarly journals The role of family networks and social capital on women's fertility intentions in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Moussa Bougma ◽  
Clémentine Rossier
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Family Networks ◽  
Children's Schooling

Abstract Family solidarities remain strong in African societies. In Ouagadougou, transfers within extended family networks provide an omnipresent means for coping with life's difficulties, and the desired number of children remains relatively high. The role of family networks in maintaining high fertility is rarely studied however for lack of data in conventional demographic surveys. This study uses original retrospective data and logistic regression methods to explore the role of the extended family's social capital in shaping women's desire for children in Ouagadougou. Results show that women belong to three types of family networks: (1) women who belong to large family networks on both her own and her husband's side and who maintain a moderate number of close relations with their own relatives; (2) women who also belong to large family networks on both their and their husband's sides but who maintain a greater number of close relations with their own blood relatives; (3) unmarried women with relatives only on their side and numerous close relations with their family. Support for children's schooling comes more often from women's relatives in networks type 2 and 3, and from husbands' relatives in network type 1. Support for children's schooling increases with the level of economic resources in family networks (proxied by the presence of a public employee), in all network types. Women in type 2 networks (centered on women's relatives) are more likely to want additional children compared to women in type 1 networks (centered on their husband's relatives), after controlling for economic resources in networks. This result suggests that practical support provided by family members could play a role, on top of economic support, in encouraging high fertility in Ouagadougou.

scholarly journals MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL IN PLANNED AND UNPLANNED NEIGHBORHOODS OF LAHORE: A CASE STUDY OF JOHAR TOWN AND SINGHPURA

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-43
Author(s):  
Saima Gulzar ◽  
Muhammad Asim ◽  
Rumana Khan Shirwani
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Participatory Development ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Household Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
High Level

Social capital is an asset and is defined as the social networks and interactions that inspire trust and reciprocity among citizens necessary for the community development. The fundamental premise is that some neighborhood designs enable or encourage social ties or community connections, whereas others do not. Two case studies were selected, namely Singhpura (traditional settlement) and Johar Town (modern settlement) to measure the social capital in Lahore. Questionnaire was designed to conduct surveys at household level to measure social capital. Surveys were conducted among 154 respondents belonging to both areas. Statistical analysis of the data collected was done using the SPSS software. It was concluded that over the past few years, social capital in the neighborhoods of Lahore and different areas of Pakistan has decreased to a great extent. The design of neighborhoods promotes dependency on the private vehicles. Walkability decreases in planned areas but it is still available in unplanned old developed areas because of mixed land uses. Due to high level of walkability in these areas, social interaction is high as compared to planned areas and high income societies, where people have no value of social interaction and are busy in their personal work. In developed countries due to high social capital people participate in community level development projects, but in the case of Pakistan due to low level of social capital there is no concept of participatory development. It has been recommended here that new developments should follow the traditional urban forms where traditional neighborhood developments should be based on new urbanism principles, which encourage the use of undulating and straight streets that maximize pedestrian connectivity. These new developments should be a mix of compatible land uses and should work to incorporate elements such as architectural details and street furniture, encouraging human interaction on an urban scale. Keywords: Social Capital, Neighborhood, Traditional, Lahore.

scholarly journals Social Capital and Educational Attainment Among Rural Community in Malaysia

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roslan Abdul Hakim ◽  
Russayani Ismail ◽  
Nor Azam Abdul Razak
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Positive Sign ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Household Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The determinants of educational attainment among children have become one of the main research agenda among scholars, educationists and economists alike. In most studies, the focus is on the relationship between educational attainment and factors such as the quality of teachers, schools, educational technologies, curriculum design, the fi nancial and human capital aspect of the families and the ability of children themselves. Recently, the focus has been expanded to explore the relationship between social capital and educational attainment. As an addition to the existing literature, this paper attempts to investigate the impact of social capital on educational attainment using a regression analysis based on a sample of 2500 households, gathered from a rural community in Terengganu, Malaysia. Six domains of social capital are used to arrive at the index of social capital. The argument advanced in this paper is that social capital, which could be viewed as the outcome of networking, cooperation and trust at the household level, is expected to have a positive impact on a child’s educational attainment. Towards this end, we regress children’s education attainment on social capital along with other relevant independent variables, i.e. family, children, school and neighbourhood characteristics. Interestingly, the result of our study reveals that the level of social capital that a family has, is found to be signifi cant and has the expected positive sign. This finding implies that social capital at the household level appear to be a critical factor in determining a child’s educational attainment. Thus, our finding lends support to the idea that social capital is a good predictor of children’s is educational attainment.   Keywords: Social capital, educational attainment, rural community.

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