Social capital, information flows, and income creation in rural Canada: A cross-community analysis

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-448

  Tiepoh, M Geepu Nah ^a   Reimer, Bill ^a  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Income; Information; Rural; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144311188     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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