Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
The primary objective of this article is to present nugormesese as an indigenous mechanism of social capital in Buem-Kator, a farming community on the Ghana side of the Ghana-Togo border area. The concept of social capital will be minimally defined...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6439303/nugormesese-indigenous-basis-social-capital-west-african-community http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10748 |
| Summary: | The primary objective of this article is
to present nugormesese as an indigenous mechanism of social
capital in Buem-Kator, a farming community on the Ghana side
of the Ghana-Togo border area. The concept of social capital
will be minimally defined to refer to the capability of
social norms and customs to hold members of a group together
by effectively setting and facilitating the terms of their
relationships. Unlike physical capital (machineries, bank
accounts, etc.) and human capital (knowledge, skills, etc),
social capital is a relational factor or social resource
that sustainably facilitates collective action for achieving
mutually beneficial ends. |
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