Análisis de las dimensiones de capital social en la provincia de Loja, cantón Paltas

Abstract

The research work is based on the importance of social capital as one of the factors that may influence society to achieve both economic and social growth, emphasizing mainly on equity and inclusion of people with less economic resources, to do so, the aim of the paper is to identify whether microcredit is one of the variables that allows social capital to be generated in the province of Loja, canton Paltas. In the development of the work, it has been possible to identify that of the four dimensions considered as social capital: trust and solidarity, collective action and cooperation, groups and networks, and empowerment and political action, the greatest that has been generated through microcredit is Empowerment and political action; thus, microentrepreneurs show a greater participation in the local market. In addition, microcredit has been one of the most important factors for the microentrepreneur in the canton Paltas to show a greater responsibility in the business, achieve an increase in sales and improve their opportunities to venture into new businesses.