Foreword Robert D. Putnam

Introduction and overview Christiaan Grootaert and Thierry van Bastelaer

Part I. Social Capital at the Micro and Macro Levels: A Conceptual Discussion and Review: 1. Social capital and poverty: a microeconomic perspective Paul Collier

2. Social capital, growth, and poverty: a survey of cross-country evidence Stephen Knack

Part II. The Impact of Social Capital on Development: 3. Mapping and measuring social capital through assessment of collective action to conserve and develop watersheds in Rajasthan, India Anirudh Krishna and Norman Uphoff

4. Social capital and the firm: evidence from agricultural traders in Madagascar Marcel Fafchamps and Bart Minten

5. How do participation and social capital affect community-based water projects? Evidence from central Java, Indonesia Jonathan Isham and Satu Kä

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6. Does social capital increase participation in voluntary solid waste management? Evidence from Dhaka, Bangladesh Sheoli Pargal, Daniel Gilligan, and Mainul Huq

Part III. The Creation and Transformation of Social Capital: 7. The impact of development assistance on social capital: evidence from Kenya Mary Kay Gugerty and Michael Kremer

8. Induced social capital and federations of the rural poor in the Andes Anthony J. Bebbington and Thomas F. Carroll

9. Social capital and social cohesion: case studies from Cambodia and Rwanda Nat J. Colletta and Michelle L. Cullen

10. Ethnicity, capital formation, and conflict: evidence from Africa Robert H. Bates and Irene Yackovlev I

11. Measuring impact and drawing policy implications Christiaan Grootaert and Thierry van Bastelaer.