Social capital fostering human capital: the role of community participation in primary school management in Bangladesh

Pallab Mozumder and Nafisa Halim
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Pallab Mozumder: Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, Postal: Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA
Nafisa Halim: Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, Postal: Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

Journal of International Development, 2006, vol. 18, issue 2, 151-162

Abstract: This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a participatory institutional development approach for better primary schooling in Bangladesh. We conduct a qualitative investigation and find that, despite some limitations, the two key instruments of the participatory approach, school catchment area mapping and school planning, are highly effective in achieving enhanced primary school enrollment, higher retention, reduced dropout and overall better learning. These participatory school management approaches employ social capital by involving communities to attain better learning achievement. Since basic primary education significantly contributes to human capital accumulation in Bangladesh, we argue that our findings reinforce the hypothesis that social capital fosters human capital. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1184

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