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Permalink Reply by Dr. Barbara Fedock on September 4, 2012 at 1:18am

Atmaram, since I teach university online research classes, I am interested in your study. In specific, how do network accesses bridge social captial? Did you discover any particular ways this happens? Barbara Fedock

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Permalink Reply by Atmaram Ghimire on September 4, 2012 at 7:47am

Dr. Barabara, Thanks for your interest. My study found that Network accesses facilitate learning. In the absence of larger forms or enterprises in a village, network forms linkages between family enterprises, organizations and institutions that convey information and knowledge useful for such enterprises provide opportunities for access to bridging social capital. One of the telecenters demonstrated how the information flow, horizontal combined with tacit knowledge among farmers extended their knowledge network and enriched access to new information and techniques that they applied in organic farming in the village that increased family income.

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Permalink Reply by Manik Mahmud on October 15, 2012 at 4:14pm

Dear Atmaram:
Nice to hear from you. I have in depth experiences on social networking with rural entrepreneurs of telecentre (in Bangladesh named Union Information and service Center) through a grassroots blog. I have posted an article in this blog. We can share on this. Can you share me the experiences on social networking in Nepal.

Manik

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