Social capital, livelihood and upward mobility

Habitat International

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-269

  Mitra, Arup ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

Networks; Slums; Social capital; Well being index

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; OVERCROWDING; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSISTENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40649112619     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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