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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COCOA COFFEE COMMUNITIES CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURT SYSTEMS CROPS CULTIVATED LAND EXPORT CROPS FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING HUMAN CAPITAL HUNGER INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK MIGRANT MIGRANT GROUPS MIGRANTS NGOS PHYSICAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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

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spelling	okr-10986-107482021-04-23T14:02:52Z Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community World Bank CLIMATIC CONDITIONS COCOA COFFEE COMMUNITIES CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURT SYSTEMS CROPS CULTIVATED LAND EXPORT CROPS FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING HUMAN CAPITAL HUNGER INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK MIGRANT MIGRANT GROUPS MIGRANTS NGOS PHYSICAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 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. 2012-08-13T13:01:14Z 2012-08-13T13:01:14Z 2005-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/11/6439303/nugormesese-indigenous-basis-social-capital-west-african-community http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10748 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 86 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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description	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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title	Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
title_short	Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
title_full	Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
title_fullStr	Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
title_full_unstemmed	Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
title_sort	nugormesese : an indigenous basis of social capital in a west african community
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Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community

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