Can the World Bank build social capital? The experience of social funds in Malawi and Zambia

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1145-1168

  Vajja, Anju ^a   White, Howard ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORLD BANK;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 53549097652     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380802242404     Document Type: Article

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