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Development Assistance,
Civil Society, Social Capital and Poverty Reduction
This section deals with the biunique relationship between social
capital and development programmes. Some studies focus on poverty
reduction programmes' ability to foster participatory processes,
civil society's role in the political debate, and social capital
formation. Other studies emphasize the role of social networks and
civil society organizations in a succesfull management of development
projects and in the efficacy of development and poverty reduction
policies.
The section is under construction: suggestions
and comments are always most welcome.
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Essential Readings
Carrol,
T.F. (2001), Social
Capital, Local Capacity Building, and Poverty Reduction, Manila,
Asian Development Bank.
Fournier, F., Øyen, E., Darcy
de Oliveira, M., Woolcock, M., Prakash, S., Innerarity, F. (2000), Social Capital
and Poverty Reduction. Which Role for the Civil Society Organizations
and the State?, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO).
Fowler, A. (2000), Civil
Society, NGDOs and Social Development: Changing the Rules of the
Game, Geneva 2000 Occasional Paper No. 1, UNSRID.
Gittel, R., Vidal, A. (1998), Community
Organizing: Building Social Capital As A Development Strategy,
Newbury Park, California, Sage Publications.
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).
Nustad, K.G., Oyen, E., Skirbekk,
G., Prakash, S., McNeill, D., Oyen, E., Braathen, E., Tonnesson,
S. (2000), A
critical review of the World Bank report: World Development Report
2000/2001: attacking poverty, Comparative Research Programme
on Poverty (CROP).
Krishna, A. (2002), Active
Social Capital, New York, Columbia University Press.
Pritchett, L., Woolcock, M. (2003), Solutions
when the Solution is the Problem: Arraying the Disarray in Development,
Paper presented at the Conference
on Foreign Aid organised by The New York University Development
Research Institute and the C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics,
New York, October 17-18, 2003.
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Further Readings
Adams
A.M. (1999), Social capital and development assistance in Mali:
a cross-cultural case study, Final report to Canadian International
Development Agency.
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.
Ashman,
D. (2004), Closing
the gap between promise and practice: a framework for planning,
monitoring and evaluating social development networks, Impact
Alliance.
Asomba,
E.C. (2003), Social
Capital, Participatory Development and Poverty Reduction Issues:
Where is the Fit for Policy Implementation?, Washington D.C.,
World Bank.
Asomba,
E.C. (2003), Towards
an Understanding of ICT for Development, Poverty Alleviation and
Institutional Strengthening, Washington D.C., World Bank.
Bebbington,
A., Lewis, D., Batterbury, S., Olson, E. (2003), Of
texts and practices: organizational cultures and the practice of
empowerment in World Bank funded programmes, Paper presented
at the workshop 'Order and Disjuncture: The Organization of Aid
and Development' 26th-27th September 2003, SOAS, London.
Blackburn,
J., Chambers, R., Gaventa, J. (2000), Mainstreaming
Participation in Development, OED Working Paper Series, No.
10, World Bank Operations Evaluation Department.
Braun,
M., Cicioni, A., Ducote, N.J. (2000), Should
Think Tanks do Policy Implementation in Developing Countries? Lessons
from Argentina, Center for the Implementation of Public Policies
Promoting Equity and Growth (CIPPEC), Buenos Aires, mimeo.
Brown,
D.L. (1991), Bridging
Organizations and Sustainable Development, Human Relations Vol.
44, No. 8, 807-831.
Buckland,
J. (1999), From Relief
and Development to Assisted Self-Reliance: Nongovernmental Organizations
in Bangladesh, The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.
Carrol,
T.F. (2001), Social
Capital, Local Capacity Building, and Poverty Reduction, Social
Development Papers No. 3, Office of Environment and Social Development,
Asian Development Bank.
Darcy de Oliveira, M. (2000), Citizen Participation
and Social Capital Formation. Resource mobilisation for social development:
the experience of Comunidade Solidária in Brazil, Paper
presented at the Symposium Social
Capital Formation in Poverty Reduction: Which Role for the Civil
Society Organizations and the State?, 28 June 2000, Geneva,
Switzerland.
Dercon, S., Krishnan, P. (2003), Food
Aid and Informal Insurance, The Centre for the Study of African
Economies Working Paper Series. Working Paper 183.
Devarian, S., Dollar, D., Holmgren, T. (2001), Aid
and Reform: Lessons from Ten Case Studies in Africa, The World
Bank, Washington D.C.
Fine, B. (2004), Social
Capital for Africa?, Transformation: Critical Perspectives on
Southern Africa - 53, 2004, 29-52.
Fournier, F. (2000), Social Capital
Formation in Poverty Reduction: Which Role for Civil Society and
the State?, Paper presented at the Symposium Social Capital
Formation in Poverty Reduction: Which Role for the Civil Society
Organizations and the State?, 28 June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland.
Francis, P. (2002), Social
Capital at the World Bank. Strategic and Operational Implications
of the Concept, Social Development Strategy Working Paper, The
World Bank.
Fritzen, S. (2001), Donors,
Local Development Groups and Institutional Reform over Vietnam's
Development Decade, Paper presented at the Vietnam Update Conference,
November 2001.
Innerarity, F. (2000), Social Capital Formation in
Poverty Reduction: Which Role for Civil Society Organizations and
the State?, Paper presented at the Symposium Social Capital
Formation in Poverty Reduction: Which Role for the Civil Society
Organizations and the State?, 28 June 2000, Geneva, Switzerland.
Khandker, S. (1998), Fighting
Poverty with Microcredit: Experience in Bangladesh, Oxford and
Washington, Oxford University Press and World Bank.
Kishindo, P. (2001), The
Malawi Social Action Fund and Community Development, Community
Development Journal Vol. 36 No. 4 2001.
Knowles, S. (2002), Does
Social Capital Affect Foreign Aid Allocations?, University of
Otago Economics Discussion Papers No. 0209.
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.
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.
Mansuri,
G., Rao, V. (2004), Community-Based
and -Driven Development: A Critical Review, World Bank Policy
Research Working Paper 3209, February 2004.
Mohan, G., Stokke, K. (2000), Participatory
development and empowerment: the dangers of localism, Third
World Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2, 247-268.
Molinas,
J. (1998), Impact
of Inequality, Gender, and External Assistance and Social Capital
on Local-Level Cooperation, World Development, Vol. 26, No.
3, 413-431.
Mondal, A.H. (2000), Social
capital formation: The role of NGO rural development programs in
Bangladesh, Policy Sciences, 2000, Vol. 33 Issue 3/4, 459-475.
Øyen, E. (2000), Social Capital
Formation as a Poverty Reducing Strategy?, Paper presented at the
Symposium Social
Capital Formation in Poverty Reduction: Which Role for the Civil
Society Organizations and the State?, 28 June 2000, Geneva,
Switzerland.
Padmanabhan, K. (2001), Poverty,
Microcredit, and Mahatma Gandhi: Lessons for Donors, The International
Social Science Journal, No. 169/2001, 484-499.
Phillips, S. (2003), Capitalising
on connections: improving understanding of urban social capital,
Social Development Direct, UK / id21 Development Reporting Service.
Prakash, S. (2000), Social Capital and the Rural Poor: What
Can Civil Actors and Policies Do?, Paper
presented at the Symposium Social
Capital Formation in Poverty Reduction: Which Role for the Civil
Society Organizations and the State?, 28 June 2000, Geneva,
Switzerland.
Prasetyo, J. (2002), Social
Capital in Asia? Reacting locally to thinking globally, The
Foundation for Development Cooperation, Brisbane, Australia.
Pretty, J. (2003), Social
capital and connectedness: issues and implications for agriculture,
rural development and natural resource management in ACP countries,
CTA Working Document Number 8032, Technical Centre for Agricultural
and Rural Cooperation (CTA).
Robison, L.J., Siles, M.E. (2002), The
Use of Social Capital for Development and Poverty Reduction,
Social Development Strategy Working Paper, World Bank, Washington.
Thiele, R., Piazolo, D. (2003), A
social accounting matrix for Bolivia featuring formal and informal
activities. How has structural adjustment affected income distribution
in Bolivia?, Cuadernos de Economía, Año 40, Nº
120, pp. 285-318 (Agosto 2003), Instituto de Economia, Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile (IEUC).
Vermillion, D.L. (2000), Developing
Small Dams and Social Capital in Yemen: Local Responses to External
Assistance, Paper presented at the Conference of the International
Association for the Study of Common Property, “Constituting
the Commons: Crafting Sustainable Commons in the New Millennium,”
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, May 31-June 4, 2000.
Vermillion, D., Al-Shaybani, S. (2004), Small
Dams and Social Capital in Yemen: How Assistance Strategies Affect
Local Investment and Institutions, Research Report 76, International
Water Management Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Waite, L. (2001), Women
running households: as vulnerable as they seem?, School of Development
Studies, UEA, UK / id21 Development Reporting Service.
Winters, P., Corral, L., Gordillo, G. (2001), Rural
livelihood strategies and social capital in Latin America: Implications
for rural development projects, Working Paper Series in Agricultural
and Resource Economics, No. 2001-6, University of New England.
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