Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88391 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
ZEF Working Paper Series No. 4
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study explores how social capital and human and economic variations in poor localities influence the capacity for community efficacy. Through a multivariate analysis using 497 households in poor localities of Addis Ababa, we investigate how social capital dimensions (density of membership, informal network, trust and reciprocity) and human and economic characteristics (education and welfare status) of the households are related to community efficacy. Community efficacy is highly associated with increased participation in local associations; trust in the community, confidence in local institutions and pattern of reciprocity among inhabitants. These findings provide qualified support for the systemic model of local social organization but challenge theory of social disorganization that predicts lower levels of social capital in poor communities engendering lower capacity of community efficacy.
Subjects: 
social capital
community efficacy
collective action
poor localities
urban poor
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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