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INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 357-+Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0020872808102069
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Ethiopia; social capital; social networks; social work; women
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Social networks are social capital for poor women living in a slum neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Based on neighborhood, friendship, kinship, gender and ethnic ties, informal networks provide social, emotional and financial support. Social network analysis is a promising method for community development and participatory social work in Africa.
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