Social capital, economic development and food security in Peru's mountain region

Abstract

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a nongovernmental organization that provides community development and disaster relief services in 120 countries around the world. ADRA is an agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Christian North American-based religious denomination that operates an international system of hospitals, clinics, schools, universities and human service programs (<http: //www.adventist.org>). Consistent with its non-pro®t status, ADRA employs and offers services to people without regard to age, ethnicity or political or religious af®liation. ADRA's services, which are provided to approximately 19 million people per year, include food security, economic development, primary health, disaster response and basic education programs (ADRA International, 2000: 3). The agency has a humanitarian and developmental philosophy of service rooted in the belief system of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. However, the mission statement of the agency and its annual report seem to support the claim that its purpose is not to engage in proselytism. The agency's high degree of administrative and ®nancial independence from the church also seems to support this claim. In 1999, only 7 percent of

Food Insecurity is Associated with Acculturation and Social Networks in Puerto Rican Households

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Social capital and children's wellbeing: a critical synthesis of the international social capital literature

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The role of strong-tie social networks in mediating food security of fish resources by a traditional riverine community in the Brazilian Amazon

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