Can the World Bank Build Social Capital? The Experience of Social Funds in Malawi and Zambia

2008 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1145-1168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anju Vajja ◽  
Howard White
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Intézményi elemek értékei a nemzeti vagyonban

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
László Török
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Institutional System ◽  
Human And Social Capital

Until the recent past economists identified the assets of a nation as the sum of material assets, humán and social capital. However they found, that the differences of the calculated national assets are not proportional to the welfare of the citizens of the compared countries, therefore they looked for further explanatory variables. The specialists of the World Bank according to the results of their research identified an invisible resource, which is the institutional system of the country. Present study examines ten Hungárián institutional components from the aspect of their value and examines how they are contributing to national assets, hereby how they serve the interest of social welfare.

scholarly journals New possibilities of identifying social capital for its use in sustainable rural development

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 57-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lošťák
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
New Methods ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

In relation to sustainable rural development, the paper starts with the question of its conditions. One of them is social acceptance of various projects or programmes. This issue is joined with the co-ordination of human activities. The mechanism facilitating the co-ordination in contemporary societies is related to social capital. Its concept is outlined through the references to the basic literature about the topic. Using content analysis, based on the quantification of the categories created through the analysis of the literature about the topic, the social capital in selected municipalities is investigated. The main aim of the paper, however, is to show the role of this method in social capital fast identification. Although the approach necessitates further elaboration, it can be considered as the first important step in the practice of development activities. The background of the paper reflects the challenges of the World Bank concerning the elaboration and development of the new methods of measuring social capital.

Exploring Social Capital Debates at the World Bank

2004 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 33-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Bebbington ◽  
Scott Guggenheim ◽  
Elizabeth Olson ◽  
Michael Woolcock
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
World Bank ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World
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