The role of social capital in development
Subtitle: an empirical assessment
By: edited by Christiaan Grootaert and Thierry Van Bastelaer ; with a foreword by Robert D. Putnam
Contributors: Grootaert, Christiaan, 1950-; Van Bastelaer, Thierry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
Subjects: Social capital (Sociology); Poverty; Economic development; Rural development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Social capital and poverty: a microeconomic perspective / Paul Collier; title: Social capital, growth, and poverty: a survey of cross-country evidence / Stephen Knack; title: Mapping and measuring social capital through assessment of collective action to conserve and develop watersheds in Rajasthan, India / Anirudh Krishna and Norman Uphoff; title: Social capital and the firm: evidence from agricultural traders in Madagascar / Marcel Fafchamps and Bart Minten; title: How do participation and social capital affect community-based water projects? Evidence from Central Java, Indonesia / Jonathan Isham and Satu Kähkönen; title: Does social capital increase participation in voluntary solid waste management? Evidence from Dhaka, Bangladesh / Sheoli Pargal, Daniel O. Gillian, and Mainul Huq; title: The impact of development assistance on social capital: evidence from Kenya / Mary Kay Gugerty and Michael Kremer; title: Induced social capital and federations of the rural poor in the Andes / Anthony J. Bebbington and Thomas F. Carroll; title: Social capital and social cohesion: case studies from Cambodia and Rwanda / Nat J. Colletta and Michelle L. Cullen; title: Ethnicity, capital formation, and conflict: evidence from Africa / Robert H. Bates and Irene Yackovlev; title: Conclusion: measuring impact and drawing policy implications / Christiaan Grootaert and Thierry Van Bastelaer