Edited by Jonathan Isham, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College, Thomas Kelly, formerly Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College and Sunder Ramaswamy, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, US

'. . . this book enables one to form a well-informed opinion or critique about the concept of social capital. . . it serves its purpose eminently well.'

• ContentsPreface PART I THE HISTORY AND SCOPE OF THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS1 Social capital and well-being in developing countries: an introduction Jonathan Isham, Thomas Kelly and Sunder Ramaswamy2 Social capital in theory and practice: where do we stand? Michael Woolcock3 Reflections on social and antisocial capital Paul Streeten4 Bonds and bridges: social capital and poverty Deepa NarayanPART II EMPIRICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WELL-BEING5 Social capital, education and credit markets: empirical evidence from Burkina Faso Christiaan Grootaert, Gi-Taik Oh and Anand Swamy6 The interactions of bonding, bridging and linking dimensions of social capital: evidence from rural Paraguay José Molinas7 Measuring social capital: adding field experimental methods to the analytical toolbox Jeffrey P. Carpenter8 Rethinking local commons dilemmas: lessons from experimental economics in the field Juan-Camilo CardenasPART III INVESTING IN SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE FIELD9 Can investments in social capital improve local development and environmental outcomes? A cost–benefit framework to assess the policy options Jonathan Isham10 Social capital and environmental management: culture, perceptions and action among slum dwellers in Bangkok Amrita Daniere, Lois M. Takahashi and Anchana NaRanong11 Building networks of social capital for grassroots development among indigenous communities in Bolivia and Mexico Kevin Healy12 Resilient communities: building the social foundations of human security Nat Colletta and Michelle CullenIndex

Edited by Jonathan Isham, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College, Thomas Kelly, formerly Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College and Sunder Ramaswamy, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, US

'. . . this book enables one to form a well-informed opinion or critique about the concept of social capital. . . it serves its purpose eminently well.'

• ContentsPreface PART I THE HISTORY AND SCOPE OF THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS1 Social capital and well-being in developing countries: an introduction Jonathan Isham, Thomas Kelly and Sunder Ramaswamy2 Social capital in theory and practice: where do we stand? Michael Woolcock3 Reflections on social and antisocial capital Paul Streeten4 Bonds and bridges: social capital and poverty Deepa NarayanPART II EMPIRICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WELL-BEING5 Social capital, education and credit markets: empirical evidence from Burkina Faso Christiaan Grootaert, Gi-Taik Oh and Anand Swamy6 The interactions of bonding, bridging and linking dimensions of social capital: evidence from rural Paraguay José Molinas7 Measuring social capital: adding field experimental methods to the analytical toolbox Jeffrey P. Carpenter8 Rethinking local commons dilemmas: lessons from experimental economics in the field Juan-Camilo CardenasPART III INVESTING IN SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE FIELD9 Can investments in social capital improve local development and environmental outcomes? A cost–benefit framework to assess the policy options Jonathan Isham10 Social capital and environmental management: culture, perceptions and action among slum dwellers in Bangkok Amrita Daniere, Lois M. Takahashi and Anchana NaRanong11 Building networks of social capital for grassroots development among indigenous communities in Bolivia and Mexico Kevin Healy12 Resilient communities: building the social foundations of human security Nat Colletta and Michelle CullenIndex

Edited by Jonathan Isham, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College, Thomas Kelly, formerly Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College and Sunder Ramaswamy, Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, US

'. . . this book enables one to form a well-informed opinion or critique about the concept of social capital. . . it serves its purpose eminently well.'

• ContentsPreface PART I THE HISTORY AND SCOPE OF THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS1 Social capital and well-being in developing countries: an introduction Jonathan Isham, Thomas Kelly and Sunder Ramaswamy2 Social capital in theory and practice: where do we stand? Michael Woolcock3 Reflections on social and antisocial capital Paul Streeten4 Bonds and bridges: social capital and poverty Deepa NarayanPART II EMPIRICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE ON SOCIAL CAPITAL AND WELL-BEING5 Social capital, education and credit markets: empirical evidence from Burkina Faso Christiaan Grootaert, Gi-Taik Oh and Anand Swamy6 The interactions of bonding, bridging and linking dimensions of social capital: evidence from rural Paraguay José Molinas7 Measuring social capital: adding field experimental methods to the analytical toolbox Jeffrey P. Carpenter8 Rethinking local commons dilemmas: lessons from experimental economics in the field Juan-Camilo CardenasPART III INVESTING IN SOCIAL CAPITAL IN THE FIELD9 Can investments in social capital improve local development and environmental outcomes? A cost–benefit framework to assess the policy options Jonathan Isham10 Social capital and environmental management: culture, perceptions and action among slum dwellers in Bangkok Amrita Daniere, Lois M. Takahashi and Anchana NaRanong11 Building networks of social capital for grassroots development among indigenous communities in Bolivia and Mexico Kevin Healy12 Resilient communities: building the social foundations of human security Nat Colletta and Michelle CullenIndex