"A number of essays in this volume were presented at a workshop organized at the World Bank in April 1997"--P. ix.

"First printing September 1999"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Observations on social capital / Kenneth J. Arrow -- Notes on social capital and economic performance / Robert M. Solow -- Social capital in the creation of human capital / James S. Coleman -- Defining social capital : an integrating view / Ismail Serageldin and Christiaan Grootaert -- Formal and informal institutions / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Creating and harnessing social capital / Anirudh Krishna -- The formation of social capital / Jonathan H. Turner -- Getting things done in an antimodern society : social capital networks in Russia / Richard Rose -- Social capital : a fad or a fundamental concept? / Elinor Ostrom -- Understanding social capital : learning from the analysis and experience of participation / Norman Uphoff -- Economic growth and social capital in Italy / John F. Helliwell and Robert D. Putnam -- Social capital : evidence and implications / Deepa Narayan and Lant Pritchett -- Social capital, the state, and development outcomes / Ajay Chhibber -- Trust in large organizations / Rafael La Porta ... [et al.] -- Economic progress and the idea of social capital / Partha Dasgupta.