Understanding and Measuring Social Capital: A Multi-Disciplinary Tool for Practitioners (Directions in Development)

Grootaert, Christiaan; van Bastelaer, Thierry

ISBN 10: 0821350684 / ISBN 13: 9780821350683

Published by World Bank Publications (edition ), 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding and Measuring Social Capital: A Multi-Disciplinary Tool for Practitioners (Directions in Development)
• Publisher: World Bank Publications (edition )
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821350684
• ISBN 13: 9780821350683
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The importance of social capital for sustainable development is well understood. However, the impact of social capital is not easily quantified and to overcome this, the Social Capital Initiative at the World Bank attempts to contribute to this understanding by concentrating on how to measure social capital and its impact. This book details both the quantitative and qualitative approaches to the analysis of social capital. Also included is the Social Capital Assessment Tool which combines quantitative and qualitative instruments in order to measure social capital at the household, community, and organization levels. This tool can be downloaded from a CD-ROM which is included with this book.