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Knowledge, Social Capital, and Grassroots Development: Insights from Rural Bangladesh

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  • Sarah Cummings
  • Anastasia A. Seferiadis
  • Jeroen Maas
  • Joske F. G. Bunders
  • Marjolein B. M. Zweekhorst

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This article examines the relationship between social capital and the creation and exchange of knowledge for grassroots development. It applies a framework that originated in developed countries to the experimental phase of a successful entrepreneurial development programme, undertaken between 2006 and 2012 in rural Bangladesh. Although generally applicable, the framework’s structural dimensions are further developed and divided into three functional subtypes of social capital (bonding, bridging and linking) following distinct pathways in their contribution to the creation and exchange of knowledge, demonstrating domains where programme participants co-created know-how. In conclusion, a framework representing the links between social capital and knowledge is presented.

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  • Sarah Cummings & Anastasia A. Seferiadis & Jeroen Maas & Joske F. G. Bunders & Marjolein B. M. Zweekhorst, 2019. "Knowledge, Social Capital, and Grassroots Development: Insights from Rural Bangladesh," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(2), pages 161-176, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:55:y:2019:i:2:p:161-176
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1417584
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    1. Cinzia Di Novi & Harshita Thakare, 2022. "Inequality of Opportunity in Accessing Maternal and Newborn Healthcare Services: Evidence from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 164(3), pages 1505-1529, December.
    2. Sarah Cummings & Charles Dhewa & Gladys Kemboi & Stacey Young, 2023. "Doing epistemic justice in sustainable development: Applying the philosophical concept of epistemic injustice to the real world," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(3), pages 1965-1977, June.
    3. Stavros Kalogiannidis & Christina-Ioanna Papadopoulou & Efstratios Loizou & Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, 2023. "Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Agriculture and Their Impact on Sustainable Rural Economy Development: A Case Study of Greece," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-20, June.
    4. Chrysanthi Charatsari & Evagelos D. Lioutas & Alex Koutsouris, 2020. "Farmer field schools and the co-creation of knowledge and innovation: the mediating role of social capital," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 37(4), pages 1139-1154, December.
    5. Qureshi, Israr & Bhatt, Babita & Sutter, Christopher & Shukla, Dhirendra Mani, 2023. "Social entrepreneurship and intersectionality: Mitigating extreme exclusion," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 38(2).

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