Social capital and poverty in Uganda

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-37

  Hassan, Rashid ^a,b   Birungi, Patrick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Poverty; Rural; Social capital; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

UGANDA;

EID: 79951806029     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2011.545168     Document Type: Article

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