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Social Capital
in African Studies
This section collects papers, already listed in other parts of
the reading list, having in common a focus on topics related to
social capital and development in Africa. Suggested readings are
catalogued according to the particular country they refer to. This
section is the first step in the building of a new reading list,
called "The Geography of Social Capital Studies", aiming
to present a new perspective on social capital studies collected
in the Social Capital Gateway. It will group papers, often already
listed in other parts of the web site, cataloguing them according
to the particular country on which their main focus is devoted.
The idea is to offer readers the possibility to carry out their
bibliographical searches also according to geographical criteria.
As all the other parts of my web site, this section is an incidental
outcome of my research activity and has to be intendend as "permanently
under construction": thus any kind of comment
and suggestion are always most welcome.
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Essential readings
• Collier, P., Gunning, J.W. (1997), Explaining
African Economic Performance, Journal of Economic Literature,
64-111.
• Easterly, W., Levine, R. (1995), Africa's
Growth Tragedy: A Retrospective, 1960-89, Policy Research Working
Paper 1503, Policy Research Department, Washington, DC, World Bank.
•
Harriss, J. (2002), Depoliticizing
Development: the World Bank and social capital, London, Anthem
Press.
•
Fine, B. (1999), The
Developmental State Is Dead - Long Live Social Capital?, Development
and Change, Vol. 30, Issue 1, Page 1 (January 1999).
•
Fine, B. (2004), Social
Capital for Africa?, Transformation: Critical Perspectives on
Southern Africa - 53, 2004, 29-52.
• Gittel, R., Vidal, A. (1998), Community
Organizing: Building Social Capital As A Development Strategy,
Newbury Park, California, Sage Publications.
• Isham, J., Kelly, T., Ramaswamy, S.,
Dirks, F.C. (eds) (2002), Social
Capital and Economic Development: Well-Being in Developing Countries,
Celtenham and Northampton, Edward Elgar Pub.
• Narayan, D., Nyamwaya, D. (1996), Learning
From The Poor: A Participatory Poverty Assessment In Kenya,
Enviroment Department Papers, Participation Series, 34, World Bank
Social Policy and Resettlement Division, Washington D.C.
• Temple, Jonathan (1998), Initial
Conditions, Social Capital, and Growth in Africa, Journal of
African Economies, forthcoming 7(3).
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Benin
• Djedjebi, T., de Haan, L. (2001),
Fulbe
women ’s livelihood in the Borgu region of Benin, in Andersson,
J.A., Breusers, M. (eds), Kinship structures and enterprising actors:
Anthropological essays on development, pp.225-236, Wageningen, Wageningen
University, Liber Amicorum Jan H.B. den Ouden.
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Burkina Faso
•
Grimm, G., Gunter, I. (2004), Inter
and intra-household linkages between the informal and formal sector.
A case study for urban Burkina Faso, Paper presented at the
EGDI
and UNU-WIDER Conference "Unlocking Human Potential: Linking
the Informal and Formal Sectors", 17-18 September 2004,
Helsinki, Finland.
•
Lewis, D., Bebbington, A.J., Batterbury, S.P.J., Shah, A.,
Olson, E., Siddiqui, M.S., Duvall, S. (2003), Practice,
power and meaning: frameworks for studying organizational culture
in multi-agency rural development projects, Journal of International
Development, Vol. 15, Issue 5 , 541-557.
•
Swamy, A.V., Grootaert, C., Oh, G. (2002), Social
Capital, Household Welfare and Poverty in Burkina Faso, Journal
of African Economies, March 2002, 11(1): 4-38.
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Cameroon
• Mayoux, L. (2001), Tackling
the Down Side: Social Capital, Women's Empowerment and Microfinance
in Cameroon, Development and Change, 32(3): 435-464.
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Chad
• Weinberger, K., Jütting, J. (2000), The
role of local organizations in risk management: some evidence from
rural Chad, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture,
39(3)281-299.
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Côte d’Ivoire
•
Ayé, M., Champagne, F., Contandriopoulos, A.P.
(2002), Economic
role of solidarity and social capital in accessing modern health
care services in the Ivory Coast, Social Science and Medicine,
Vol. 55, No. 11 pp. 1929-1946.
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
•
Grootaert, C., Kanbur, R., Oh, G.T. (1995), The
dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others
don't : an African case study, Policy Research Working Papers
No. 1499, The World Bank.
• Tiemoko, R. (2003), Migration,
return and socio-economic change in West Africa: the role of family,
Sussex Migration Working Paper no. 15, Sussex Centre for Migration
Research.
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Cross-country
studies
• Ashman,
D., Brown, L.D., Zwick, E. (1998), The
strength of strong and weak ties: building social capital for the
formation and governance of civil society resource organizations,
IDR Reports, Volume 14, Number 2 1998.
•
Baliamoune-Lutz, M., Lutz, S.H. (2004), The
Contribution of Income, Social Capital, and Institutions to Human
Well-Being in Africa, Working Paper B07, Centre for European
Integration Studies, University of Bonn.
• Baliamoune-Lutz, M. (2005), Institutions,
Social Capital, and Economic Development in Africa: An Empirical
Study, Working Paper No. 18 / 2005, International Centre for
Economic Research.
•
Campbell, C., Cornish, F. and McLean, C. (2004), Social
capital, participation and the perpetuation of health inequalities:
Obstacles to African-Caribbean participation in 'partnerships' to
improve mental health,
Ethnicity and Health, N. 9 (3), 305-327.
•
Campbell, C., Williams, B., Gilgen, G. (2002), Community
participation and sexual health – is there a relationship?,
London School of Economics and Political Science, UK / id21 Development
Reporting Service.
•
Chloupkova, J., Bjørnskov, C. (2002), Counting
in Social Capital When Easing Agricultural Credit Constraints,
Journal of Microfinance, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2002.
•
Fafchamps, M. (2001), Market
economics in Africa: a different ball game?, University of Oxford
/ id21 Development Reporting Service.
•
Gabre-Madhin, E.Z. (2003), Institutions,
Contracts, and Market Exchange in
Developing Economies, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division,
International Food Policy Research Institute, mimeo.
• Galvan, D. (2002), Choice
in Cultural Context: Embedded Rationales for Social Capital Investment
in Africa, Paper prepared for presentation at the 2002 Annual
Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA,
28 August – 1 September 2002.
• Gordon, A., Craig, C. (2001),
Rural
non-farm activities and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa,
Policy Series 14, University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute
(NRI).
• Moore, K.M. (ed) (2004), Conflict,
Social Capital and Managing Natural Resources: A West African Case
Study, Office of International Research, Education and Development,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
• Temple, Jonathan (1998), Initial
Conditions, Social Capital, and Growth in Africa, Journal of
African Economies, forthcoming 7(3).
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Democratic Republic
of Congo
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
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Egypt
Wahba, J., Zenou, Y. (2003), Density,
Social Networks and Job Search Methods: Theory and Application to
Egypt, University of Southampton, Department of Economics, mimeo.
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Eritrea
• Lensink, R., Mehrteab, H.T. (2003),
Risk behaviour
and group formation in microcredit groups in Eritrea, No 03E04,
Research Report from University of Groningen, Research Institute
SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management).
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Ethiopia
• Ayalew, D. Risk-Sharing
Networks among Households in Rural Ethiopia, The Centre for
the Study of African Economies Working Paper Series, Working Paper
186.
•
Dercon, S., Krishnan, P. (2003), Food
Aid and Informal Insurance, The Centre for the Study of African
Economies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 183.
•
Dercon, S., Bold, T., De Weerdt, J., Pankhurst, A.
(2004), Group
Based Funeral Insurance in Ethiopia and Tanzania,
CSAE WPS/2004-27, University of Oxford.
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
• Gabre-Madhin, E.Z. (2001), Market
institutions, transaction costs, and social capital in the Ethiopian
grain market, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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Ghana
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
• Engel, S., Iskandarani, M., Useche,
M. (2005), Improved
water supply in the Ghanaian Volta Basin: Who uses it and who participates
in community decision-making?, EPT Discussion Paper 129, Environment
and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research
Institute.
• Tiemoko, R. (2003), Migration,
return and socio-economic change in West Africa: the role of family,
Sussex Migration Working Paper no. 15, Sussex Centre for Migration
Research.
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Kenya
• Agricultural M.J. (2005), Family
Contributions to Self Help Schooling in Malawi and Kenya, Rural
Sociology, January 2005, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 70-93(24).
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
• Gugerty, M.K. (2000), You
can't save alone: testing theories of rotating savings and credit
associations. Are ROSCAs more formal than we thought?, University
of Washington, mimeo.
•
Heffernan, C. (2000), The
delivery of veterinary services to the poor: findings from Kenya,
Livestock Development Studies Group (UK), mimeo.
•
Kremer, M., Kay Gugerty, M. (2002), The Impact of Development Assistance
on Social Capital: Evidence from Kenya, in C. Grootaert and T. van
Bastelaer (eds.), The Role of Social Capital in Development: An
Empirical Assessment, Cambridge University Press.
• Lyons, M., Snoxell, S. (2004), Migration, informality and
sustainable urban
livelihoods: the role of social capital in four west African markets,
Migration and Social Capital Working Paper 1/04, London South Bank
University, Urban & Peri-Urban Research Unit, forthcoming in
Urban Studies.
• Lyons, M., Snoxell, S. (2004), Creating urban social capital:
Some evidence from informal traders in Nairobi, Migration and Social
Capital Working Paper 2/04, London South Bank University, Urban
& Peri-Urban Research Unit, forthcoming in Urban Studies.
• Markussen,
M. (2002), Coping
with uncertainty: women in the informal fish processing and marketing
sectors of Lake Victoria, Working Paper 2002:115, Norwegian
Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR).
• Miguel, E. (2002), Tribe
or Nation? Nation-Building and Public Goods in Kenya versus Tanzania,
Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, mimeo.
• Miguel, E. (2000), Ethnic
Diversity and School Funding in Kenya, University of California
Berkeley CIDER Working Paper, #C01-119.
• Narayan, D., Nyamwaya, D. (1996), Learning
From The Poor: A Participatory Poverty Assessment In Kenya,
Enviroment Department Papers, Participation Series, 34, World Bank
Social Policy and Resettlement Division, Washington D.C.
• Steen-Johnsen, T. (2001), Valuable
relations: social capital in the urban informal fisheries sector,
Kenya, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), University
of Oslo.
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Liberia
•
Sawyer, A. (2004), Social
Capital, Survival Strategies and Their Potential for Post-Conflict
Governance in Liberia, Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER
Conference "Unlocking
Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors",
17-18 September 2004, Helsinki, Finland.
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Malawi
• Agricultural M.J. (2005), Family
Contributions to Self Help Schooling in Malawi and Kenya, Rural
Sociology, January 2005, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 70-93(24).
•
Kishindo, P. (2001), The
Malawi Social Action Fund and Community Development, Community
Development Journal Vol. 36 No. 4 2001.
•
Van Donge, J. (2004), Nurtured
from Above and Growing from the Roots: Social Investment Funds and
Decentralization in Zambia and Malawi, Social Policy & Administration,
Vol. 38, Issue 4, Page 346 - August 2004.
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Mali
• Adams
A.M. (1999), Social capital and development assistance in Mali:
a cross-cultural case study, Final report to Canadian International
Development Agency.
•
Adams, A., Madhavan S, Simon D. (2002), Women's
social networks and child survival in Mali, Social Science and
Medicine 54(2):165-321.
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
•
Simon D., Adams A.M., Madhavan S. (2002), Women's
social power, child nutrition and poverty in Mali, Journal of
Biosocial Science, 2002, 34(2):193-213.
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Mozambique
• Galooba-Mutebi, F. (2004), Witchcraft,
Trust and Reciprocity Among Mozambican Refugees and Their South
African Hosts in a Lowveld Village, Forced Migration Working
Paper Series n.9, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University
of the Witwatersrand.
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Nigeria
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
• Mabogunje, A.L., Kates, R.W. (2004), Sustainable
development in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria: the role of social capital, participation,
and science and technology, CID Working Paper No. 102 January
2004, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
• Olomola, A. (2002), Social
capital, microfinance group performance and poverty implications
in Nigeria, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research
(NISER), Ibadan.
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Rwanda
• Colletta, N.J., Cullen, M. (2000),
Violent
conflict and the transformation of social capital: Lessons from
Cambodia, Rwanda, Guatemala, and Somalia, Conflict Prevention
and Post-conflict Reconstruction series. Washington, D.C.: World
Bank.
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Sierra Leone
• Richards, P., Bah, K., Vincent,
J. (2004), Social
Capital and Survival: Prospects for Community-Driven Development
in Post- Conflict Sierra Leone, World Bank Social Development
Papers, Paper No. 12/April 2004.
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Somalia
• Colletta, N.J., Cullen, M. (2000),
Violent
conflict and the transformation of social capital: Lessons from
Cambodia, Rwanda, Guatemala, and Somalia, Conflict Prevention
and Post-conflict Reconstruction series. Washington, D.C.: World
Bank.
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South Africa
•
Campbell, C. (2001), Grassroots
Participation, Peer Education, and HIV Prevention by Sex Workers
in South Africa, American Journal of Public Health, December
2001, Vol 91, No. 12, 1978-1986.
•
Campbell, C., MacPhail, C. (2002), Peer
education, gender and the development of critical consciousness:
participatory HIV prevention by South African youth, Social
Science and Medicine, 2002 Jul;55(2):331-45.
•
Campbell, C., Williams, B., Gilgen, G. (2002), Is
social capital a useful conceptual tool for exploring community
level influences on HIV infection? An exploratory case study from
South Africa, Taylor & Francis Health Sciences, Volume 14,
Number 1 / February 1, 2002.
• Carter, M.R. e Castillo, M. (2002), The
economic impacts of altruism, trust and reciprocity: an experimental
approach to social capital, University of Winsconsin-Madison,
Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics, Staff Paper
No. 448.
• Carter, M.R., Castillo, M. (2003),
Does
It Take More than Markets to Get Ahead? An Experimental Approach
to Social Capital in South Africa, Agricultural and Applied
Economics Staff Paper Series, Paper No. 448, University of Wisconsin.
•
Carter, M.N., Maluccio, J.A. (2002), Social
Capital and Coping with Economic Shocks: an Analysis of Stunting
of South African Children, FCND Discussion Paper No. 142.
• D'Haese M., van Huylenbroeck, G., D'Haese, L. (2005), Collective
action in a complex institutional environment: A case study of small-scale
wool growers in South Africa, Outlook on Agriculture, January
2005, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 33-40(8).
• Galooba-Mutebi, F. (2004), Witchcraft,
Trust and Reciprocity Among Mozambican Refugees and Their South
African Hosts in a Lowveld Village, Forced Migration Working
Paper Series n.9, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University
of the Witwatersrand.
•
Haddad, L., Maluccio, J. (2000), Pathways
of influence. Social capital and household welfare in South Africa,
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA / id21
Development Reporting Service.
• Nel, E.L., Mcquaid, R.W. (2002), Research
& Practice: The Evolution of Local Economic Development in South
Africa: The Case of Stutterheim and Social Capital, Economic
Development Quarterly, Vol. 16, No. 1, 60-74(15).
•
Olivier, M., Kaseke, E., Mpedi, G. (2004), Formulating
an Integrated Social Security Response. Perspectives on Developing
Links Between Informal and Formal Social Security in the SADC Region,
Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference "Unlocking
Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors",
17-18 September 2004, Helsinki, Finland.
• Piazza-Georgi, B. (2002), Human
and social capital in Soweto in 1999: report on a field study,
Development Southern Africa, Vol. 19, No. 5, 615-639.
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Tanzania
• Blackburn,
J., Chambers, R., Gaventa, J. (2000), Mainstreaming
Participation in Development, OED Working Paper Series, No.
10, World Bank Operations Evaluation Department.
• De Weerdt, J. (2002), Community
Organisations in Rural Tanzania: a case study of the community of
Nyakatoke, Economic Development Initiatives (EDI).
•
De Weerdt, J. (2002), Risk-sharing
and Endogenous Network Formation, WIDER Discussion Paper No.
2002/57, World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER).
•
De Weerdt, J., Van de Gaer, D. (2004), Disentangling
networks: defining and analysing cohesive subgroups, EDI and
University of Ghent.
•
Dercon, S. (2000), Income
risk, coping strategies and safety nets, The Centre for the
Study of African Economies Working Paper Series, Paper No. 136,
Berkeley Electronic Press.
•
Dercon, S., De Weerdt, J. (2002), Risk
Sharing Networks and Insurance Against Illness, The Centre for
the Study of African Economies Working Paper Series. Working Paper
175.
•
Dercon, S., Bold, T., De Weerdt, J., Pankhurst, A.
(2004), Group
Based Funeral Insurance in Ethiopia and Tanzania,
CSAE WPS/2004-27, University of Oxford.
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
• Gibbon, P. (2001), Civil
Society, Loyalty and Globalization in Rural Tanzania: A Forty-Year
Perspective, Development and Change Vol. 32 (2001), 819-844.
• Isham, J. (2000), The
Effect of Social Capital on Technology Adoption: Evidence from Rural
Tanzania, IRIS Center Working Paper No. 235.
• Miguel, E. (2002), Tribe
or Nation? Nation-Building and Public Goods in Kenya versus Tanzania,
Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, mimeo.
• Narayan, D., Pritchett, L. (1998), Cents
and Sociability: Household Income and Social Capital in Rural Tanzania,
Economic Development and Cultural Change.
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Uganda
• Go to the section on Poverty and
development in Uganda
• Kasumba, G., Land, A. (2003), Sector-Wide
Approaches and Decentralisation. Strategies pulling in Opposite
Directions? A Case Study from Uganda, Study prepared in the
context of a five-country review on the relationship between Sector-Wide
Approaches and Decentralisation.
• Lewis, D. (2002), Civil
Society in African Contexts: Reflections on the Usefulness of a
Concept, Development and Change Volume 33 Issue 4 Page 569 -
September 2002.
• Lister, S., Nyamugasira, W. (2003), Design
Contradictions in the 'New Architecture of Aid'? Reflections from
Uganda on the Roles of Civil Society Organisations, Development
Policy Review Volume 21 Issue 1 Page 93 - January 2003.
• Longo, R. (2003), IFAD
Desk Review of the PRSP Process in Eastern and Southern Africa,
Eurodad.
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Zambia
• Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
• Garrett, J. (2005), Community
empowerment and scaling-up in urban areas: the evolution of PUSH/PROSPECT
in Zambia, Discussion Paper 177, Food Consumption and Nutrition
Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute.
• Hulme, D. (2000), Protecting
and strengthening social capital in order to produce desirable development
outcomes. A review of DFID's social capital project, Department
for International Development (DFID).
• Van Bastelaer,T., Leathers, H.
(2002), Social
Capital and Group Lending: Evidence from Joint Liability Seed Loans
in Zambia's Southern Province, IRIS - Institutional Reform and
the Informal Sector, mimeo.
•
Van Donge, J. (2004), Nurtured
from Above and Growing from the Roots: Social Investment Funds and
Decentralization in Zambia and Malawi, Social Policy & Administration,
Vol. 38, Issue 4, Page 346 - August 2004.
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Zimbabwe
• Bird, K., Shepherd, A. (2003), Livelihoods
and chronic poverty in semi-arid Zimbabwe, World Development,
Vol. 31, No. 3 pp.591-610.
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