Measuring social networks in three Zambian villages

Abstract

The crucial role played by social context and social networks in exchange behaviour, and the social-embeddedness of resources in rural sub-Saharan Africa are well documented. Social-embeddedness means more than belonging to and participating in groups. This presents a challenge in formalising socially embedded market transactions within standard economics frameworks. Different social networks measures are constructed using data from three Zambian villages and analysed to demonstrate that network properties differ significantly for different people. The way we measure networks matters. Such fine-grained measures will help future work in analysing the role social networks and social-embeddedness play in people's lives and decision-making.

A scoping review on the current and potential use of social network analysis for evaluation purposes

“…It is unsurprising, then, that the challenges encountered in determining causal relationships between network structure and valued external network outcomes are a recurring theme in the articles included in this review (e.g. Barman-Adhikari and Rice, 2014; Engelberg, 1980; Honeycutt, 2009; Honeycutt and Strong, 2012; Leavy, 2015; Provan et al, 2010; Urrea et al, 2016; Yuldashev and Sahin, 2015).…”

Ketidakpercayaan (Distrust) Terhadap Kepala Desa Pasca Pemilihan Badan Permusyawaratan Desa (BPD) Di Desa Sungai Rambai Kecamatan Tebo Ulu Kabupaten Tebo

“…Kehadiran Badan Perwakilan Desa (BPD) dalam Pemerintahan Desa dengan berbagai fungsi dan kewenangannya diharapkan mampu mewujudkan sistem check and balances dalam penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan Desa. Namun demikian di sisi lain, kehadiran BPD juga telah menimbulkan berbagai permasalahan di tingkat desa terutama yang menyangkut hubungan kerja antara BPD dengan Kepala Desa yang diatur berdasarkan kaidah normatif (Auliah et al, 2022;Kariono et al, 2021;Leavy, 2015).…”