Social Capital as a Determinant of Economic Growth in Africa
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Keywords
Social Capital; Africa; Economic Growth;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N17 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Africa; Oceania
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2006-11-25 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2006-11-25 (Development)
- NEP-SOC-2006-11-25 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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