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GIARI Working Paper Vol. 2007-E-8,
Feb. 29, 2008

2007-E-8
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL CAPACITY
ASSESSMENT (SCA)

Shunji Matsuoka, Professor,
Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University

Kazuma Murakami, Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co.Ltd.

Naoto Aoyama, COE Researcher at Hiroshima University (as of 2006)

Yoshi Takahashi, Associate Professor,
Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation,
Hiroshima University

Katsuya Tanaka, Assistant Professor,
Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation,
Hiroshima University

March 2008

Presented at the 1st International Symposium on “Asian Cooperation, Integration and Human Resources” for Waseda University Global COE Program: Global Institute for Asia Regional Institute (GIARI), Tokyo, January 17-18, 2008.

This paper presents the basic design of the Social Capacity Assessment (SCA) studies in the case of environmental management.

Firstly, it is defined basic concepts of SCA. In this model, the Social Capacity for Environmental Management(SCEM) is defined as the capacity to manage environmental problems in a social system composed of three actors, i.e., government, firms, and citizens and their interrelationships. The Social Environmental Management System (SEMS) is defined as interactions between the SCEM and institutions. According to these definitions, interactions between the SEMS, socio-economic condition, environmental quality and external factors shape a total system.

Secondly, based on these concepts, we build the analytical methods of the SCA. The SCA is made up of the following five steps, (1) Actor-Factor Analysis, (2) Indicator Development, (3) Institutional Analysis, (4) Path Analysis, and (5) Development Stage Analysis.

Finally, based on analytical methods provided above, the aid program for social capacity development is designed in order to achieve the aid effectiveness.

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Social Capacity Assessment (SCA)
  • 2.1. Actor-Factor Analysis
  • 2.2. Indicator Development
  • 2.3. Institutional Analysis
  • 2.4. Path Analysis
  • 2.5. Development Stage Analysis
• 3. Social Capacity Assessment Approach
  • 3.1. Actor-Factor Analysis
  • 3.2. Indicator Development
    • 3.2.1. Frontier/Tobit Approach
    • 3.2.2. Factor analysis approach
  • 3.3. Institutional Analysis
  • 3.4. Path Analysis
  • 3.5. Development Stage Analysis
• 4. Designing the Program for Social capacity development
• 5. Conclusions
• Acknowledgement
• References