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Development and social capital

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  • Marcel Fafchamps

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This paper examines social capital and its relation with economic development. We focus on the role that interpersonal relationships play in social exchange, whether through the market or through the provision of public goods. By facilitating search and trust, social capital can increase the efficiency of social exchange where formal institutions are weak. But the benefits from social capital are likely to be unequally distributed. Given these features, documenting empirically the benefits of social capital is complicated by the presence of negative and positive externalities and by the existence of leadership and group effects. Lessons for development policy are drawn at the end.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Journal of Development Studies.

Volume (Year): 42 (2006)
Issue (Month): 7 ()
Pages: 1180-1198

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  1. Sabatini, Fabio, 2009. "Social capital as social networks: A new framework for measurement and an empirical analysis of its determinants and consequences," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 38(3), pages 429-442, June.
  2. Cassar, Alessandra & Friedman, Daniel & Schneider, Patricia Higino, 2009. "Cheating in markets: A laboratory experiment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 72(1), pages 240-259, October.
  3. Yamamura, Eiji, 2010. "The role of social trust in reducing long-term truancy and forming human capital in Japan," MPRA Paper 23759, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  4. Aida, Takeshi, 2011. "Social Capital as an Instrument for Common Pool Resource," Working Papers 33, JICA Research Institute.
  5. Nathan Nunn & Leonard Wantchekon, 2011. "The Slave Trade and the Origins of Mistrust in Africa," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 101(7), pages 3221-52, December.
  6. Muto, Megumi, 2009. "The impacts of mobile phone coverage expansion and personal networks on migration: evidence from Uganda," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 51898, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
  7. Özcan, Burcu & Bjørnskov, Christian, 2011. "Social trust and human development," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(6), pages 753-762.
  8. Gubert, Flore & Fafchamps, Marcel, 2007. "The Formation of Risk Sharing Networks," Open Access publications from Université Paris-Dauphine urn:hdl:123456789/4392, Université Paris-Dauphine.
  9. A. Lasagni & E. Lollo, 2011. "Participation in Rotating Savings and Credit Associations in Indonesia: New Empirical Evidence on Social Capital," Economics Department Working Papers 2011-EP05, Department of Economics, Parma University (Italy).

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