Why and how planners should take social capital seriously

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Woolcock, Michael ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 2442641391     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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