Social capital and sustainability of NGO intermediated development projects in Bangladesh

Buckland, Jerry

doi:10.1093/cdj/33.3.236

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“…Previous studies show an important role for external organizations in supporting such participation (37,38). For example, inclusive governance is more likely when central governments require local governments to conduct participatory planning and budgeting activities and mandate the establishment of local committees to oversee local government spending (28,39), as well as when nongovernmental organizations support user groups to strengthen their organizational capabilities (40,41). Such interventions, in combination with forestry decentralization, can improve the governance of the world's forests.…”

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Decentralization can help reduce deforestation when user groups engage with local government

Wright

Andersson

Gibson

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Policy makers around the world tout decentralization as an effective tool in the governance of natural resources. Despite the popularity of these reforms, there is limited scientific evidence on the environmental effects of decentralization, especially in tropical biomes. This study presents evidence on the institutional conditions under which decentralization is likely to be successful in sustaining forests. We draw on common-pool resource theory to argue that the environmental impact of decentralization hinges on the ability of reforms to engage local forest users in the governance of forests. Using matching techniques, we analyze longitudinal field observations on both social and biophysical characteristics in a large number of local government territories in Bolivia (a country with a decentralized forestry policy) and Peru (a country with a much more centralized forestry policy). We find that territories with a decentralized forest governance structure have more stable forest cover, but only when local forest user groups actively engage with the local government officials. We provide evidence in support of a possible causal process behind these results: When user groups engage with the decentralized units, it creates a more enabling environment for effective local governance of forests, including more local government-led forest governance activities, fora for the resolution of forest-related conflicts, intermunicipal cooperation in the forestry sector, and stronger technical capabilities of the local government staff.

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Decentralization can help reduce deforestation when user groups engage with local government

Wright

Andersson

Gibson

et al. 2016

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

104

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“…The overall findings of this paper can be compared with some other findings, where we can see that NGOs' social capital development initiatives towards social welfare were successful, for examples, NGOs' social networking towards social welfare (Kwok 2003), cross-cutting ties and social welfare (Newton 2001), information sharing and partnership for human welfare among the poor (Buckland 1998), economic and social goods and services for the rural poor (Mondal 2000), NGOs as agents for community empowerment (Islam and Morgan 2012b), and participatory development and community empowerment (Abom 2004;Islam and Morgan 2012a;Islam 2015;Islam et al 2013). We observed that in some cases, NGOs' social capital initiatives towards social welfare such as social inequalities were problematic.…”

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“…Buckland's (1998) case study with some prominent NGOs in Bangladesh highlighted how advances made by highly technical income-generation projects came at the expense of community self-reliance and the ability to communicate and promote organisation among the rural poor. Mondal (2000) showed that social capital can be generated by the expectations of the rural poor who are victimised by government and market failures.…”

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NGOs’ Social Capital Development Initiatives for Social Welfare: Bangladesh Experience

Islam

2015

Glob Soc Welf

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This paper presented two non-governmental organizations' (NGOs') social capital development initiatives for social welfare in Bangladesh. This study was based on a qualitative case study approach using a multi-method data collection procedure, where a semi-structured interview, social mapping, participant observation, in-depth case study, focus group discussion (FGD), and documentation survey were employed. The study selected two NGOs such as Proshika and Practical Action Bangladesh (PAB) working with two indigenous communities, e.g. blacksmiths and goldsmiths. This paper considered the application of the main elements of social capital such as collective actions, social trust, coordination and cooperation of mutual benefits, and sharing norms and values. The findings showed that in many cases, NGOs' social capital development initiatives for social welfare were successful. The findings would be useful for the social workers, policy makers, development practitioners, and NGO managers.

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“…Certainly, one of the key factors of social capital are also non-governmental organization. They have a comparative advantage in community development, they also offer opportunities and access to social development (Buckland 1998). There are some specific features of the Polish non-governmental system (Frysztacki 1996), namely:…”

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“…Social capital is always desirable since its presence is equated with beneficial consequences. It measures the degree to which community can cooperate to achieve desired results (Buckland 1998). The area where governments have the greatest directly ability to generate social capital is education.…”

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The Relationship Between Social Capital and Regional Competitiveness in Poland

Bronisz¹,

Heijman²

2010

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This article aims at presenting different approaches to the phenomenon of social capital. The concept of social capital is ambiguous and that is why we will highlight a number of definitions of this notion. The central attention of the paper focuses on the relationship between social capital and regional development and competitiveness. The fundamental question concerns the impact of social capital on the regional economic performance. Hence, we will survey the empirical examination of 16 Polish regions in terms of social capital. We will also study whether the regional level of social capital depends on the level of competitiveness. The purpose of this article is also to make a contribution to the discussion concerning the relationship between economic development and social capital.

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Social capital and sustainability of NGO intermediated development projects in Bangladesh

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Decentralization can help reduce deforestation when user groups engage with local government

Decentralization can help reduce deforestation when user groups engage with local government

NGOs’ Social Capital Development Initiatives for Social Welfare: Bangladesh Experience

The Relationship Between Social Capital and Regional Competitiveness in Poland

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