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Exploring social capital debates at the World Bank

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article explores the ways in which discussions of social capital have emerged within the World Bank, and how they interacted both with project practices and with larger debates in the institution. These debates are understood as a 'battlefield of knowledge, whose form and outcomes are structured but not determined by the political economy of the Bank. Understanding the debates this way has implications for research on the ways in which development discourses are produced and enacted, as well as for more specific discussions of the place of social capital in development studies. The article concludes with a reflection on implications of these debates for future research, policy, and practice. © 2004 Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Publication Title

Journal of Development Studies

Publication Date

6-1-2004

Volume

40

Issue

5

First Page

33

Last Page

64

ISSN

0022-0388

DOI

10.1080/0022038042000218134

Keywords

social development, debate, international banking industry, economics, World Bank Group, International trade financing, commercial banking, international affairs

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