Moving from the Stock of Social Capital to the Flow of Benefits: The Role of Agency

By A. Krishna. 2001

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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On the Empirics of Social Capital (2002, unknown): “Krishna (2001) finds that for villages in Rajastan India, the relationship between conventional social capital measures and outcomes such as common land development and poverty reduction is sensitive to a notion of effective governance Krishna calls “capable agency.””
Collective action initiatives to improve marketing performance: Lessons from farmer groups in Tanzania (2009, background): “Other studies, such as Pretty and Ward (2001) and Krishna (2001), have similarly shown how human and social capital formation—often represented in community-based groups—have been pivotal in solving many of the communities' development problems, particularly in the areas of natural resource…”
Social capital, risk preference and adoption of improved farm land management practices in Ethiopia (2015, background): “In the absence of well-functioning formal labor, credit and information markets, social capital may enhance the adoption of agricultural innovations in many ways: First, it may help individual adopters to overcome their labor resource constraints, for example with labor-sharing arrangements (Krishna”
Escaping poverty and becoming poor: who gains, who loses, and why? Accounting for stability and change in 35 North Indian villages. (2003, background): “WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? A number of different factors have been identified from time to time that can help reduce or alleviate poverty – including affirmative action (Jayaraman and Lanjouw 1999); community organization (Esman and Uphoff 1984); credit and insurance (Jalan and Ravallion 1999); education ”
The role of social capital in encouraging residents' pro-environmental behaviors in community-based ecotourism (2014, unknown): “…(see for example Brune & Bossert, 2009; Harpham et al., 2002; Mitchell & Bossert, 2007), economic development (see for example Knack & Keefe, 1997; Krishna, 2001; Narayan & Pritchett, 1997; Portes & Sensenbrenner, 1993; Szreter, 2000; Warren, 2001; Woolcock, 1998), and environmental…”
Social Capital and Natural Resource Management (2007, background): “Krishna (2001) stresses, in a study of rural development in India, that social capital is not a sufficient resource and should be activated through agency of the local population.”
Tourism-related Social Capital and Its Relationship with Other Forms of Capital: An Exploratory Study (2010, background): “Feelings or perceptions can be measured across a variety of cultural and social strata (Krishna 2001).”
Social determinants of soil and water conservation in rural Kenya (2008, background): “The studies by Krishna (2001) and Narayan and Pritchett (1999) mentioned earlier are relevant to our study because they are based on a rural agrarian setting and the manner in which they construct their social capital variables.”