A Study of the Effect of Social Capital on Human Development in Islamic Countries

Mohammad Javad Razmi, Mostafa Salimifar and Sahar Sherkat Bazzazan
Additional contact information
Mohammad Javad Razmi: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Iran.
Mostafa Salimifar: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Iran.
Sahar Sherkat Bazzazan: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Iran.

Economic Analysis Working Papers (2002-2010). Atlantic Review of Economics (2011-2016), 2013, vol. 1, -

Abstract: In view of the fact, social capital in some common definitions offered about it contains a number of social elements that facilitate actions of social actors and from this aspect they are able to improve society´s performance. To study this characteristic of social capital and explore its effect on human development among Islamic communities, the current study examines the effect of social capital on human development among Islamic countries. For this purpose, a collection of 20 Islamic countries is examined during 1999-2008. Since social capital variable is qualitative the alternative variable of Corruption Perceptions Index is employed to measure the effect of social capital. The results of the study indicate a significant negative effect of corruption on human development index level.

Date: 2013
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.unagaliciamoderna.com/eawp/coldata/uplo ... uman_development.pdf

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eac:articl:03/12

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Economic Analysis Working Papers (2002-2010). Atlantic Review of Economics (2011-2016) from Colexio de Economistas de A Coruña, Spain and Fundación Una Galicia Moderna Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Jose González Seoane ().