Revue d'ECONOMIE et de MANAGEMENT
Volume 2, Numéro 1, Pages 128-147
2003-03-01

Poverty Alleviation Policies In Algeria: The Importance Of Social Capital And Governance.

Authors : Benhabib Abderrezak . Ziani Tahar .

Abstract

The concept of social capital which is the store of relationships and conventions that create trust, mutual assistance and social solidarity, is actually being instrumentalised by the new metaeconomy in the pursuit of equal opportunity or the perfecting of the meritocracy that can be achieved through the implementation of policies aimed at overcoming inequalities of social capital.

Keywords

Poverty, social solidarity, Social capital, governance