Social Capital and Economic Development

Marina Della Giusta ()

No em-dp2010-02, Economics Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Reading

Abstract: The paper reviews the literature on social capital and development and identifies key properties of this concept that are then used in a model illustrating the potential welfare effects from social capital, in terms of both wellbeing and economic benefits. The model focuses on access to inputs into the growth process and identifies necessary conditions for benefits from social capital in terms of the availability of the right kind of intermediary making access to capital resources possible, and the presence of supportive institutions which make minimum human capital and complementary goods available.

Keywords: social capital; institutions; group lending; development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O16 O43 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2010-05-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev and nep-soc
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