Open AccessDimensions of social and political capital in interventions to improve household well-being: Implications for coffee-growing areas in southern Colombia
Author(s) -
Adriana Eugenia Suárez,
Isabel Gutiérrez-Montes,
Fausto Andrés Ortiz-Morea,
Claudia Mercedes Ordoñez,
Juan C. Suárez,
Fernando Casanoves
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0245971
Subject(s) - endowment , social capital , welfare , index (typography) , politics , psychological intervention , capital (architecture) , quality of life (healthcare) , affect (linguistics) , economic growth , public economics , economics , business , socioeconomics , demographic economics , development economics , geography , political science , sociology , psychology , social science , market economy , communication , psychiatry , psychotherapist , archaeology , world wide web , computer science , law
This paper studies the influence of community capitals on well-being through a Community Capital Index (CCI) within coffee-growing families in southern Colombia. Our results show different farm typologies, with different levels of capital endowment translated into well-being that, in our case, were represented in the CCI. Specifically, social and political capitals positively affect coffee-growing families’ decisions in terms of life strategies. The results of this study increase our understanding of welfare enhancement and its relationship with capital endowment according to the type of coffee producer, having implications for the planning of more effective programs towards the improvement of quality of life.