Social Capital Formation Among Shg Women Micro Entrepreneurs in Kerala

Social capital has been highlighted as a panacea for a wide variety of problems of the human community from economic underdevelopment to high incidence of crime, corruption and inefficient governance. The question where and how social capital is being successfully built remains relevant as many of the initiatives on poverty reduction and human wellbeing considers social capital building as a possible solution. The SHG women micro entrepreneurship movement, especially under Kudumbashree has been instrumental in wide social capital mobilization among Kerala women. The study attempts to identify various elements of social capital formation among SHG women micro entrepreneurs in Kerala.