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The role of social capital in development : an empirical assessment /

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Grootaert, Christiaan, 1950-, Van Bastelaer, Thierry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Social capital and poverty: a microeconomic perspective / Paul Collier
  • Social capital, growth, and poverty: a survey of cross-country evidence / Stephen Knack
  • Mapping and measuring social capital through assessment of collective action to conserve and develop watersheds in Rajasthan, India / Anirudh Krishna and Norman Uphoff
  • Social capital and the firm: evidence from agricultural traders in Madagascar / Marcel Fafchamps and Bart Minten
  • How do participation and social capital affect community-based water projects? Evidence from Central Java, Indonesia / Jonathan Isham and Satu Kähkönen
  • Does social capital increase participation in voluntary solid waste management? Evidence from Dhaka, Bangladesh / Sheoli Pargal, Daniel O. Gillian, and Mainul Huq
  • The impact of development assistance on social capital: evidence from Kenya / Mary Kay Gugerty and Michael Kremer
  • Induced social capital and federations of the rural poor in the Andes / Anthony J. Bebbington and Thomas F. Carroll
  • Social capital and social cohesion: case studies from Cambodia and Rwanda / Nat J. Colletta and Michelle L. Cullen
  • Ethnicity, capital formation, and conflict: evidence from Africa / Robert H. Bates and Irene Yackovlev
  • Conclusion: measuring impact and drawing policy implications / Christiaan Grootaert and Thierry Van Bastelaer.