One measure of the networks at the household level is the extent to which household members participate in various types of associations such as financial and social groups within the community. Furthermore, social capital as measured here appears to be much more important in 1998 than in 1993, when there was both less of it and its apparent value to households was lower. Social capital may prove to be an important asset in escaping poverty in contemporary South Africa. Funding was provided by a number of donors, including the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Ford Foundation, and the Development Bank of Southern Africa. The team continues work under a MacArthur Foundation grant to identify more specifically the constraints that keep KwaZulu-Natal residents from escaping poverty.
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