Auf der Basis einer umfangreichen Literaturanalyse gehen die Autoren der Frage nach, ob bzw. in welchen Fällen Mikrofinanzierungen zu Gunsten der Armutsbevölkerung in der Dritten Welt einen positiven Einfluß auf die Reduzierung der Armut und damit auf die Verbesserung der Lebensverhältnisse...

Social capital has been recently held up as a conceptual framework to build a bridge between the diverse disciplines involved in rural development. However, despite its potential and the impressively rapid take-up of the concept by the community of development professionals, it remains an...

This paper analyses the effects of different forms of social capital on credit repayment behaviour. In the context of development economics an innovative data collection approach is used that originates from the field of sociology. A personal network survey is carried out to measure the...

Social capital has been recently held up as a conceptual framework to build a bridge between the diverse disciplines involved in rural development. However, despite its potential and the impressively rapid take-up of the concept by the community of development professionals, it remains an...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of network-based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. Design/methodology/approach – In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine...