Social Capital and its "Downside": The Impact on Sustainability of Induced Community-Based Organizations in Nepal

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-194

  Adhikari, Krishna Prasad ^a   Goldey, Patricia ^b  

^a Centre for Nepal Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; community based organization; Nepal; social capital and its downside; sustainability

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SUSTAINABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 71549161118     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.10.012     Document Type: Article

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