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Readings on other aspects of the relationship between social capital and poverty

Waiting for new, more specific, categories, this section collects, temporarily in a residual way, readings on other topics related to the relationship between social capital and poverty. Considered studies address topics like the role of the state, the relevance of the informal economy, and the relationship between different forms of social capital (i.e. bonding, bridging, and linking social capital) in poverty reduction processes.
The section is under construction: suggestions and comments are always most welcome.

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Essential Readings

• Cleaver F. (2003), The inequality of social capital: agency, association and the reproduction of chronic poverty, Paper presented at the conference "Staying Poor: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy" University of Manchester 7 – 9 April 2003.

• Heller, P. (1997), Social Capital as a Product of Class Mobilization and State Intervention: Industrial Workers in Kerala, India, in Evans, P. (ed), State-Society Synergy: Government and Social Capital in Development, University of California Press.

• Krishna, A. (2003), Understanding, measuring and utilizing social capital: clarifying concepts and presenting a field application from India, CAPRi Working Paper No. 28, Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi).

• 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.

• Narayan, D. (1999), Bonds And Bridges: Social Capital And Poverty, Policy Research Working Paper 2167, World Bank, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network, Washington, D.C.

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Further Readings

• Barrett, C.B. (2004), Smallholder Identities and Social Networks: The Challenge of Improving Productivity and Welfare, forthcoming in C.B. Barrett (ed), The Social Economics of Poverty: Identities, Groups, Communities and Networks, London, Routledge.

• Fafchamps, M. (2001), Market economics in Africa: a different ball game?, University of Oxford / id21 Development Reporting Service.

• Flores, M., Rello, F. (2003), Social Capital and Poverty: Lessons from Case Studies in Mexico and Central America, ESA Working Paper 03-12, Food and Agriculture Organization.

• Foster, M., Mathie, A. (2001), Situating asset-based community development in the international development context, Coady International Institute, mimeo.

• Fowler, A. (2000), Civil Society, NGDOs and Social Development: Changing the Rules of the Game, Geneva 2000 Occasional Paper No. 1, UNSRID.

 • 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.

• Gabre-Madhin, E.Z. (2003), Institutions, Contracts, and Market Exchange in Developing Economies, Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, mimeo.

• Grando, S. (2003), Caste e sviluppo economico in India, Dis/Uguaglianze, Trimestrale per l'analisi dei processi di sviluppo e sottosviluppo, n.3, Luglio 2003.

• Grando, S. (2004), Riqualificazione delle aree urbane nei paesi a basso reddito, di prossima pubblicazione su Dis/Uguaglianze, Trimestrale per l'analisi dei processi di sviluppo e sottosviluppo.

• 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.

• 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.

• Grootaert, C., Narayan, D. (2001), Local institutions, poverty and household welfare in Bolivia, The World Bank, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Network.

• Gunadi Brata, A. (2005), Accessing Formal Credit: Social Capital versus ‘Social Position’ (Lesson from a Javanese Village), University of Atma Jaya Yogyakarta, mimeo.

• Heffernan, C. (2000), The delivery of veterinary services to the poor: findings from Kenya, Livestock Development Studies Group (UK), mimeo.

• Hunter, B. (2004), Taming the Social Capital Hydra? Indigenous Poverty, Social Capital Theory and Measurement, Discussion Paper No. 261/2004, Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University.

• Kadiyala, S. (2005), Scaling Up Kudumbashree. Collective Action for Poverty Alleviation and Women's Empowerment, Discussion Paper 180, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute.

• Karlan, D. (2003), Social Capital and Group Banking, Princeton University, Research Program in Development Studies.

• Krishna, A. (2002), How Might Social Capital Matter? Three Alternative Hypotheses, in Krishna, A. (ed), Active Social Capital: Tracing the Roots of Democracy and Development, Columbia University Press.

• Kumar, K.B., Matsusaka, J.G. (2005), Village versus Market Social Capital: An Approach to Development, University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, mimeo.

• Lyons, M. (2004), Seen but not heard? On the invisibility of the ubiquitous, London South Bank University, Urban Planning Research Unit, forthcoming in Urban Studies.

• 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.

• 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).

• Mathie, A., Cunningham, G. (2001), From clients to citizens: asset-based community development as a strategy for community-driven development, Coady International Institute Occasional Paper.

• McIntosh, A.C. (2003), Asian Water Supplies. Reaching the Urban Poor, Manila, Asian Development Bank.

• Mitra, A. (2004), Urban Informal Sector and Networks: A Case Study of Delhi Slum Dwellers, Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference "Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors", 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki, Finland.

• Mohan, G., Stokke, K. (2000), Participatory development and empowerment: the dangers of localism, Third World Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 2, 247-268.

• Molinas, J. (2002), The interactions of bonding, bridging and linking social capital: evidence from rural Paraguay, in Isham, J., Kelly, T., Ramaswamy, S., Social Capital and Economic Development, Cheltenham, UK.

• Moore K. (2001), Frameworks for understanding the intergenerational transmission of poverty and well-being in developing countries, CPRC Working Paper 8, Chronic Poverty Research Centre.

• Morris, M. (2002), Social capital and poverty in India, IDS Working Paper 61, UK Department for International Development.

• Pelling, M. (1997), Participation, social capital and vulnerability to urban flooding in Guyana, Journal of International Development, Vol. 10, Issue 4, 469 -489.

• 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.

• Rusten, C., Ojendal, J. (2003), Poverty reduction through decentralisation?: lessons from elsewhere and challenges for Cambodia, Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI).

• Sadeque, Z. (1999), Social Institutions, Local Governance, and Social Capital: Foundations of Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).

• Sadeque, Z. (2003), Fighting chronic poverty with social inclusion and establishing rights at work: reconstructing the livelihood of the Kamaiya ex bonded labourers of Western Nepal, Paper Presented at the International Conference on Staying Poor: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy, Chronic Poverty Research Center, Institute for Development Policy and
Management, University of Manchester, 7-9 April 2003.

• Schilderman, T., Ruskulis, O. (2003), Strengthening the knowledge and information systems of the urban poor, Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG), UK / id21 Development Reporting Service.

• Silvey, R., Elmhirst, R. (2003), Engendering Social Capital: Women Workers and Rural–Urban Networks in Indonesia's Crisis, forthcoming in World Development.

• 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.

• Thi Thu Trà, P., Lensink, R. (2004), Household Borrowing in Vietnam: A Comparative Study of Default Risks of Informal, Formal and Semi-Formal Credit, Paper presented at the EGDI and UNU-WIDER Conference "Unlocking Human Potential: Linking the Informal and Formal Sectors", 17-18 September 2004, Helsinki, Finland.

• Uphoff, N. (2003), Poverty and Inequality: A Life Chances Perspective, Cornell University, 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.

• Woolcock, M., Sweetser, A.T. (2002), Social Capital: the Bonds that Connect, Asian Development Bank Review, 34 (2): 26-27.

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