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Title The role of social capital in development : an empirical assessment / edited by Christiaan Grootaert and Thierry Van Bastelaer ; with a foreword by Robert D. Putnam.

Publication Info. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 360 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
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Subject Social capital (Sociology)
Social capital (Sociology)
Poverty.
Poverty.
Economic development.
Economic development.
Rural development.
Rural development.
Indexed Term Capital social (Sociología)
Pobreza.
Desarrollo económico y social.
Desarrollo rural.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Grootaert, Christiaan, 1950-
Van Bastelaer, Thierry.
Other Form: Print version: Role of social capital in development. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 (DLC) 2001043594
ISBN 0521812917
9780521812917
0511064683 (electronic book)
9780511064685 (electronic book)