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Title
Social Capital, Governance and Performance of Ethiopian Coffee Cooperatives |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/2066/102889 |
Date
2012 |
Author(s)
Ruben, R.; Heras Muņoz, J. |
Abstract
The performance of agrarian cooperatives strongly depends on the interaction between internal cohesion and external exchange. Empirical assessments of social capital and trust within cooperatives suggest that market involvement could enhance collective action. This relationship may not hold, however, under circumstances of heterogeneous membership and strong state control. We use field data from a comparative sample of 500 coffee farmers belonging to five cooperatives of Sidama Cooperative Union, Ethiopia to outline how differences in economic performance are related to the structure of social networks. We identify clear trade-offs between bonding and bridging social capital that favour remotely located cooperatives. |
Subject(s)
Anthropology and Development Studies |
Type of publication
Article / Letter to editor |
Repository
Nijmegen - Radbout University of Nijmegen
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