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Title:Social Capital, Household Welfare and Poverty in Burkina Faso
Authors:Grootaert, ChristiaanISNI
Oh, Gi-TaikISNI
Swamy, AnandISNI
Year:2002
Periodical:Journal of African Economies (ISSN 0963-8024)
Volume:11
Issue:1
Period:March
Pages:4-38
Language:English
Geographic term:Burkina Faso
Subjects:social networks
household budget
poverty
Economics and Trade
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:https://jae.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/1/4.full.pdf
Abstract:This paper investigates empirically the importance of social capital, in the form of local associations and networks, for the welfare of rural households in Burkina Faso. It draws on a database (derived from the Local Level Institutions Study, which has conducted household surveys in Bolivia, Indonesia and Burkina Faso) combining standard information on household welfare with multidimensional measures of social capital. The analysis finds that higher levels of social capital are associated with higher household per capita expenditures and better access to credit. The distribution of social capital was found to be more equal than that of other assets. Poor households and those who own little land obtain a higher return from social capital than other households. App., bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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