Role of Social Capital in Development An Empirical Assessment

Name: Role of Social Capital in Development An Empirical Assessment
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ISBN: 9780521812917

ISBN-10: 0521812917

ISBN-13: 9780521812917

Edition: 2002

Authors: Christiaan Grootaert, Thierry Van Bastelaer, Robert Puttnam

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In recent years the role of social capital - defined as the institutions and networks of relationships between people, and the associated norms and values - in programs of poverty alleviation and development has risen to considerable prominence. Although development practitioners have long suspected that social capital does affect the efficiency and quality of most development processes, this book is the first to provide the rigorous empirical results needed to confirm that impression and translate it into effective and informed policymaking. It is based on a large volume of newly collected data, relying equally on quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to establish new…

Book details

List price: $132.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/15/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.25" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.606



Foreword



Introduction and overview




Social Capital at the Micro and Macro Levels: A Conceptual Discussion and Review



Social capital and poverty: a microeconomic perspective




Social capital, growth, and poverty: a survey of cross-country evidence




The Impact of Social Capital on Development



Mapping and measuring social capital through assessment of collective action to conserve and develop watersheds in Rajasthan




Social capital and the firm: evidence from agricultural traders in Madagascar




How do participation and social capital affect community-based water projects? Evidence from central Java, Indonesia




Does social capital increase participation in voluntary solid waste management? Evidence from Dhaka, Bangladesh




The Creation and Transformation of Social Capital



The impact of development assistance on social capital: evidence from Kenya




Induced social capital and federations of the rural poor in the Andes Anthony




Social capital and social cohesion: case studies from Cambodia and Rwanda Nat




Ethnicity, capital formation, and conflict: evidence from Africa




Measuring impact and drawing policy implications