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

Includes bibliographical references.

Observations on social capital / Kenneth J. Arrow. -- Notes on socia l capital and economic performance / Robert M. Solow. -- Social capital in the creation of human capital / James S. Coleman. -- Defining socia l capital : an integrating view / Ismail Serageldin and Christiaan Groo taert. -- Formal and informal institutions / Joseph E. Stiglitz. -- Cre ating and harnessing social capital / Anirudh Krishna. -- The formation of social capital / Jonathan H. Turner. -- Getting things done in an a ntimodern 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 experienc e of participation / Norman Uphoff. -- Economic growth and social capit al in Italy / John F. Helliwell and Robert D. Putnam. -- Social capital : evidence and implications / Deepa Narayan and Lant Pritchett. -- Soc ial capital, the state, and development outcomes / Ajay Chhibber. -- Tr ust in large organizations / Rafael La Porta ... [et al.]. -- Economic progress and the idea of social capital / Partha Dasgupta.