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It really looks as if this would make a lot of sense in Goa:
http://www.caledonia.org.uk/soc_cap.htm
Five mechanisms for how social capital affects outcomes
Narayan and Pritchett (1997) describe five mechanisms for how social capital affects outcomes. They are:
* Improve society's ability to monitor the performance of government, either because government officials are more embedded in the social network or because monitoring the public provision of services is a public good:
* Increase possibilities for co-operative action in solving problems with a local common property element;
* Facilitate the diffusion of innovations by increasing inter-linkages among individuals;
* Reduce information imperfections and expand the range of enforcement mechanisms, thereby increasing transactions in output, credit, land and labour markets;
* Increase informal insurance (or informal safety nets) between households, thereby allowing households to pursue higher returns, but more risky, activities and production techniques
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Do give it a thought... (diffusing innovations!) --FN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 Goa India Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks http://fn.swiki.net http://www.ryze.com/go/fredericknoronha http://fn-floss.notlong.com =============================================================================
