S. Khan & S. Kazmi 
Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital for Rural Development 

This book is about the harnessing of social capital, formalized as village or community organizations, to guide and facilitate collective action for attaining poverty alleviation in particular and enhancing community well-being in general.

Table of Content

PART 1: HARNESSING AND GUIDING SOCIAL CAPITAL Conceptual Issues: Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital Empirical Applications of Social Capital: Growth, Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development Harnessing and Guiding Social Capital in Pakistan PART II: CASE STUDY: HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (HDF), PAKISTAN Cultural Context HDF Interventions Social Mobilization Health Education Field Update 2001 Field Update 2006 Summary and Conclusion PART III: HARNESS SOCIAL CAPITAL: MANUAL FOR THE FIELD RESEARCHER Planning a Field Study to Assess the Role of Harnessing Social Capital for Rural Development

About the author

SHAHRUKH RAFI KHAN is Visiting Professor of Economics, Mount Holyoke College, USA.
SAJID KAZMI is Coordinator Advocacy, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Islamabad, Pakistan.
ZEB RIFAQAT is a Ph.D.Candidate in Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA.