The Social Capital as an Element of Development

The objective of this paper is to analyze the composition and level of consolidation of Social Capital quantified through the Trust and Solidarity, the Collective Action, and the connection and the Social Inclusion in the town of Navojoa. Through the Analysis of Principal Components were identified the principal variables which form the Social Capital. After determined the components, it was adapted to the local context the questionnaire that develop the World Bank. Subsequently was made and validated a structural model to test the causal relations proposals between the variables object to analysis. The results obtained evidenced that the Social Capital is vulnerable and it have a poor develop, which encourage the increase of high rates of violence, poverty, job insecurity and marginalization, that obstruct the regional develop. The governmental implications are design social policies that allow a pacific coexistence and encourage the economic develop and social of the region.