The Local Level Institutions Study : local institutions, poverty and household welfare in Bolivia
By C. Grootaert, D. Narayan. 2000
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The study provides a particularly rich context to disentangle the interplay between the formal and informal institutions, and the interplay between history, politics, and changes in social organization over time. The authors combine qualitative data - to explore the history, politics, and dynamics of local associations, and of the nature of social relations in four municipalities - and, quantitative data derived from a household survey, to develop indices of social capital, and econometric techniques to explore linkages between poverty, and social capital. Four main conclusions are drawn: 1) As an asset, social capital matters more for the poor than to the non-poor, and has greater effect on household welfare, than investment in primary education; 2) there is a complementary, and substitution relation between informal, and formal institutions : at the municipal level, the relationship between social capital, and welfare is modified by the nature, and influence of other formal institutions. Prosperous municipalities achieve complementary relations, and linkages among strong institutions, and effective municipal governments, while the poorest municipalities, whose local organizations have weak linkages, exclude the poor, and have ineffective governments; 3) history, politics, and existing social structures have far reaching effects on social capital formation; however, deep legal, political, economic, and social capital formation changes lead to possible poverty reduction; and, 4) the degree of access to markets through proximity to cities, results in migrants maintaining close contact with local areas, though the reverse is also true, as many indigenous groups choose to honor their identity, and culture.
Subfields: Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science
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- Interventions to promote social cohesion in sub-Saharan Africa (2010, methodology): “…using survey data and regression analysis provide evidence of a correlation between social cohesion and economic growth and improved household welfare (Knack and Keefer 1997, Narayan and Pritchett 1997, Grootaert 1999, Grootaert et al. 1999, Maluccio et al. 2000, Grootaert and Narayan 2001).”