Social capital in wonderland: The World Bank behind the looking glass

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-269

  Fine, Ben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge bank; Social capital; World Bank

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; CIVILIZATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD BANK;

EID: 57849124206     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340800800304     Document Type: Review

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