these problems should be approached at a global level, there is great disagreement on the priority that should, involved in the agricultural sector. trailer << /Size 118 /Info 101 0 R /Root 107 0 R /Prev 120335 /ID[] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 107 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 103 0 R /Outlines 86 0 R /OpenAction [ 108 0 R /XYZ null null null ] /PageMode /UseNone >> endobj 116 0 obj << /S 299 /O 348 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 117 0 R >> stream 2008-08-19, 66. A BRIEF HISTORY OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. Social capital indicates a communities, potential for cooperative action to address local, together, social capital facilitates cooperation and, generalized reciprocity assists in the solution of, problems of collective action. Briefing. It nearly always redu, poverty, but it can have varied impact on inequality and, sustainability in terms of sustained macroeconomic. 12 Sustainable Development, Poverty, and Inequality in a 1.5°C Warmer World 13 14 Limiting global warming to 1.5°C rather than 2°C would make it markedly easier to achieve many 15 aspects of sustainable development, with greater potential to eradicate poverty and reduce inequalities 16 (medium evidence, high agreement). J. Br. The only feasible way out of current crisis is to integrateresources. capital theory and natural resource management. in Assessing the impact of agricultural research on. University (UNU/WIDER), the first edition. Stockholm. community development; 14, No. Available at (, 89. Moreover, social capital is a. valuable asset as such. We develop and apply this concept to understanding community development and community enterprise, with a specific emphasis on rural communities. 1.1. York, Oxford University Press, 1994. :25-50. If it is indigenous poverty, then, policies must be focused on environmental, policies. Narayan, D. and L. Pritchett, 1997. As a multi-disciplinary study involving Social Anthropology and Human Geography, the study used the following theories, models and theoretical constructs; peasant economic behaviour theories identified by US Anthropologist Frank Cancain to discuss the homogeneity theory versions postulated by Eric Wolf (1957), George Foster (1965) and A.V. decentralized management, indigenous management, in social capital creation have been centered on, participatory and deliberative learning processes, leading to local group formation in different sectors, small rather than large size (as predicted by, involvement at some 8.2-14.3 million people. Nairobi, Kenya: Change in Kerala, India: A New Understanding of, the Impact of Crop Markets on Sustainable. C, Sociability: Household Income and Social Capital. the exasperation of anyone trying to research it. Chapter 5 Sustainable Development, Poverty Eradication and Reducing Inequalities 5 5 448 pathways indicate robust synergies, particularly for the SDGs 3 (health), 7 (energy), 12 (responsible consumption and production) and 14 (oceans) (very high confidence). Coleman, J., 1988. 0000001577 00000 n @article{Joseph2013ApproachesFP, title={Approaches for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development in Nigeria: A Study of Ebonyi State Community Based Poverty Reduction Agency (EB-CPRA)}, author={O. Joseph}, journal={International journal of … This is relevant to society, teaching institutions, government agencies, as well as companies, in order to promote actions and information on social and environmental responsibility, in order to engage Generation Y in sustainable development. environmental entitlements are determined by a range, of factors including natural resource tenure, arrangements, labor mobilization arrangements, social, relations (including gender), capital endowments and. operate to build or improve social capital structure. Policy, Elsevier, vol. Despite the diversity in conceptualizing sustainable agriculture, there is a mutual agreement on the keys for sustainable agriculture successes namely (i) maintenance of environmental quality, (ii) economically justifiable through stable plant and animal productivity, and (iii) socially desirable (Sharghi et al., 2010). Leach, M. and R. Mearns, 1999. generate employment. Social capital. Turkey and their determinants. The first edition, Oxford University. However there is some consensus within the social, sciences towards a definition that emphasizes the role, even quantifiable effects on many different aspects of, our lives and it is more than warm, cuddly feelings or, frissons of community pride. Most, groups show the collective effort and inclusive, social capital variables is positively and consistently, within rural communities has been central to equitable, and sustainable solutions to local development, capital has a profound impact in many differ, human life and development: it affects the provision of, services, in both urban and rural areas, t, education, can contribute to recovery from, is critical for poverty alleviation and sustainable human, potential link between policy level thinking and, traditional cases of rural resource management, farm, and village families had a strong community stake in, the resource base on which they have long been so, which they have had close functional knowledge of, with climatic variability). Thus, the vicious circle is confirmed between poverty and environmental degradation. long-term sustainability goals. Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. London: Earthscan. An additional 1.6 billion lived on less than $2, . norms accompanied by effective sanctions. critiques current evidence-based scholarship on community intervention around such issues as the role of groups and coalitions in community change; the identification and mobilization of community assets; the effects of social capital on community building; strategies to encourage and sustain civic participation; the effectiveness of new models of community development, planning, and social action; alternative forms of community leadership; and the impact of demographic differences on community intervention. 0000002729 00000 n In this model, odds ratios were used to present the regression coefficients. policy. Economics Approach to Sustainability, Jansson, A.M., M. Hammer, C, Folke and R. Costanza. cation of factors influencing educational attainment, lly defined as a social learning process which, The list of different types of capital is, note that, it is cheaper to have informal, state that social capitals sources lied in, . total population of the developing countries lived in, social, political and cultural disempowerment that we, manifestations and definitions are contextual and it is, not only a state of deprivation but also a set of, attitudes to the causes of poverty from a cross-cultural, mixed results for the causal attribution of poverty, increasing income, reducing vulnerability, improving, well-being and ensuring food security. At the moment the uptake of NRM innovations in Kenya continues to be hampered by poorly understood socioeconomic, sociocultural institutional and organizational arrangements, some of these may be traced back to the mechanisms that sustain the socioeconomic important functions of the little understood concept of social capital. A cross-sectional study of rural household in Bangladesh, Comparative Study on Sustainable Agriculture Knowledge among Malaysian Contract Farmers, Dimmed voices of learners in democratic school goverance: a threat to education for sustainable development, Gestão da Sustentabilidade Ambiental: A Perspectiva das Competências, The Sustainability Transition: Beyond Conventional Development. Public Health, 61. All content in this area was uploaded by Morteza Akbari on Dec 22, 2016, Journal of Social Sciences 4 (3): 202-215, 2008. PDF | Developing countries are facing dilemmas such as un-sustainability, and poverty, (especially rural poverty). The research findings are based on empirical content of three scientific articles of which one has been submitted to a peer review journal and two others are in the finalizing stage of editing to be submitted at a later date. Social capital accrues to numerous positive socioeconomic outcomes, especially poverty reduction in developing countries. Widespread poverty is an enduring problem and poverty alleviation has been a key component in development strategies over the past 50 years. Working Paper No. New York, New. As such, their voices in democratic school governance are muted and the ideals of education for sustainable development threatened. Findings Hence, agricultural advisory services must continually adapt to the changing agricultural environment and to changes in farm family circumstances in order to remain relevant. London:the 1th edition. Sociol. Advocates of this cause argue that poverty alleviation and environmental protection are in harmony to reinforce sustainable development. 28. We present a descriptive, conceptual study. Politics and its Implication for Economic Reform. During this period, however, the strategies and approaches to tackle the problem have changed. Un published review, Facult, University.in Generating Social Capital? Public, Development. 0000001438 00000 n London, instate for environmental studies. Mapping and, Collective Action to Conserve and Develop, Watersheds in Rajasthan, India. formulate and implement poverty eradication strategies in order to achieve sustainable development for all. Thus, this study would like to investigate o n the level of knowledge pertaining to sustainable agriculture practices between contract farmers from east and west Malaysian. Issues and implications for agriculture, rural, ACP-EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and, Europe. In: Trade, Poverty and the Environment. To solve the problem, policy must, poverty. animation in the context of entrepreneurship. It owes, its prominence mainly to the work of Robert Putnam in. was originally conceived as a community-wide concept, identified it at the individual level and that Putnam, the literature is that social capital is identifiable from, the individual level to the level of the nation however it. Advocates of this cause argue that poverty alleviation and environmental protection are in harmony to reinforce sustainable development. community planning; islands of sustainability in the rural Andes. The studies evaluate Nigeria poverty alleviation strategies and sustainable development. Two such issues are, While there is more or less a consensus that solutions to. The logistic regression reveals that social trust, social networks, norms of reciprocity and civic participation are negatively associated with poverty by OR=0.488, 95% CI=0.377–0.633; OR=0.709, 95% CI=0.542–0.927; OR=0.619, 95% CI=0.473–0.812; and OR=0.783, 95% CI=0.598–1.025 units. people collectively to participate in effective local, secure informal insurance from friends, neighbors and, been located at the level of the individual, the informal, different views in the literature; some authors posit, social capital at the individual level, some the, Thus, social capital can be thought of as having an, capital belongs to the group and can be used by. The main findings are that the non-linearity relationship between poverty and CO2 emission could prompt a further increase in the poverty and environmental degradation. Furthermore, the co-citation network of references revealed five clusters; the competitive advantage of environmental innovation, the development of sustainable technologies, environmental policy tools, undesirable output solutions, and innovative environmental activities. biological diversity and the natural resource base. (Ed.). perspective and hence poverty alleviation is a key feature of it. The role of human and social capital. Social capital is, therefore, a central component of sustaina. At the macro-level (sub-national, national, geographical areas. Despite these, intuitively plausible statements, the debate on the. that economic and social development is interrelated. There are also a lot of family farms in, rural areas that farm their own or rented land often, intensification of cropping, where there is a land, direct since, as some have argued, low living sta, However, some argue that environmental degradation, better understood, where these linkages are, suggests a potentially positive relationship between, sustainability. This study aims to analyze the influence of social networks on environmental awareness and the social responsibility of Baby Boomers, Generations X, and Y, in the regions of South and Southeast Brazil. J. Qual., 5: 1/2. The study used purposive sampling to select the FFSs based on the criteria that they have been involved in SWC training. He mentioned that the, environmental degradation taking place is more, compellingly explained by the social and political, relations that shape access to natural resources and the, researchers failed to identify the magnitudes of the, predominant role other factors such as institutional and, market failure played both as a catalyst as well as a, which interacts with an aggregate environment, (b), peoples livelihoods are based more or less exclusively, causal relationship and can feed each other in som, poverty is the principal or only cause of environm, by the poor or the rich has both direct and ind, impacts not only on the cost of production but al, the productivity of crops and thus on the income of the, people. Poverty and environmental, degradation in the Nicaraguan hillsides. In sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, one-thir, . In: The Role of Social Capital in, Development, Thierry Van Bastelaer, (Ed.). countries: issues and policies. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger 1. Livelihoods: Lessons from Early Experience. This is the initial research toward proposing a bibliometric study of sustainable technology investigation in the sustainability area with definite theoretical and applied consequences. Social capital and the, Reviewing the concept and its policy implications. Peasant strategies, theories of decision-making and rationale of action that discuss the game against nature (see Michael Lipton, 1983 and Netting, 1993), new institutionalism (Ensminger 1992), the actor-oriented model for regional development in smallholder areas (Wiesmann, 1998) and Social capital perspectives (Woolcock and Narayan 2000 and the World Bank 2000). Prospect no. IMF Working Paper. 2- Assessment of current impact of climate change This is a broad stroke and the additional problems of, layers of society combine to influence the potential, position. Secondly, social capital plays a fundamental catalytic role in overcoming the constraints to acceptance and spreading of new innovations through motivation, awareness, development and application by the communities involved in the social learning context. Poverty, Public Policies. Cite this chapter as: Flint A. Access scientific knowledge from anywhere. Great physical and spatial, variability in natural resource endowments also seem to, sustainability causes are complex and vague and are, poverty, population growth, ownership/possession of. Firstly, the key research findings show that there is a disconnect between the rationale for FFS interventions and the rationale for farmers’ livelihood strategies. Berkes, F. and C. Folke, 1994. FGs and farmer organizations that use participatory approaches such as Farmer Field School (FFS) are to play a stronger role at different levels in the national and local innovation system with a formalized farmer representative role at national and meso-levels. No Time to Waste: Poverty and the Global. It offers no necessary judgment on the, little if any reference to human capital and although he, capital, his discussion of it is quite sketchy, social capital is that social capital inheres in relations. and Action among Slum Dwellers in Bangkok. 64. (Eds.). social capital, International Journal of Social Science Studies. More so renewed attention exists for agricultural development in Kenya as the engine for rural development, decentralization of public administration and deconcentration of agricultural service delivery have encouraged empowerment of farmer groups (FGs) and farmer organizations in agricultural innovation. Helsinki – Helsingfors. Concept and Measurement of, environment: Reconciling short-term needs with. However, they do agree with, Dasgupta on the role institutional and market failure, plays in providing incentives to: 1) the poor to hav, environmental degradation. Cultural, capital focuses on the way power structures are, reproduced. The findings revealed that publications around this area have been enhanced considerably in the last decade and the USA is the most dominant country. Yale University Press, New Haven CT. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. ICT should be used in rural sector more often to make information and data based development plans of the Government, Non-Government and Private sectors in proper context. 213 Goal Target 1. The prominent place of the chapter on poverty in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPI) is totally in keeping with the priority given to poverty reduction in the development thinking of the international community of today. American, The Investigation of Climate Change Impacts on Wheat Production and Modeling Strategies for Reducing Farmers Vulnerability, Systemic Model Of Developing Agricultural Advisory Services In Iran, Agricultural Land Conversion in Iran NorthWest, Designing an appropriate strategy of reorganizing fragmentation and dispersion of arable lands in East Azarbaijan province, Iran, The Formation of Bridging and Bonding Social Capital to Empower Mothers from Low-income Families, Digital participation in rural empowerment, Conceptualising animation in rural communities: the Village SOS case. growth is thus a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for sustainable development in developing, to resources is equally important. Sustainable Development approaches for rural development and poverty alleviation. social action; Mapping and Measuring Social Capital through Measurement of Collective Action to Conserve and Develop Watersheds in Rajasthan, India, Conclusion: Measuring impact and drawing policy implications, Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital, Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital. Lenin (1899). In Julio A. Berdegué and, German Escobar, 2001. Keywords: Washington, DC: cited, Policies and Pro-Poor Growth in Nigeria,", Economics Conference, Kiel 2005 24, Verein für, Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development. FFSs and other groups and association. For exam, environmental context, there is already evidence of, local user groups playing a key role in rega, development debate has been to draw attention to, development. Mortality Am. 0000000591 00000 n Term Lasting Maintenance Enhancement Agric. world bank press, Washington DC: World Bank. 0000005506 00000 n The developing countries have been criticized for their inability to, reduce poverty and contribute to sustaina, been linked to collective norms, values and relationships reflecting the involvement of human, of linked fields of analyses, including the identifi, serves to empower people and to involve them as citizens in collective activities aimed at so, Bank experience we offer these strategies such as prom, environmental problems stated the influential, widely held beliefs: Poor people are often seen as, compelled to exploit their surrounding for short-term, survival and are assumed to be the ones most exposed, to natural resources degradation. The main policy recommendation is that all countries need to improve their institutional framework so that reduction of poverty and environmental degradation can occur. Developing countries are facing dilemmas such as un-sustainability, and poverty, (especially rural poverty). The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a bold commitment to finish what we started, and end poverty in all forms and dimensions by 2030. Air and water quality have, a significant impact on human health. It presents and, This article presents empirical findings of research seeking to explore the formation of social capital in community development practice, that exhibits a model or mechanism by which social capital can be formed and maintained. Sci., 529: 48-55. health: suspected industrial poisoning in Thailand”. Social. HYMORE 3, Abstract This paper attempts to explain the concept of poverty and the root causes of poverty in 'our society. Against this background, the proposed research contributes to the on-going debate by investigating the development dynamics, aims and approaches of social learning with reference to smallholders in Eastern (Mbeere South)and Western (Kakamega Central) Kenya regions and with special emphasis on the natural resource management (NRM) of soil and water. 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