Abstract

Development practitioners worldwide increasingly recognize the importance of informal institutions - such as norms of cooperation, non-discrimination, or the role of community oversight in the management of investment activities – in affecting well-being, poverty, and even economic growth. There has been little empirical analysis that tests these relationships at the international level. This is largely due to data limitations: few reliable, globally-representative data sources exist that can provide a basis for cross-country comparison of social norms and practice, social trust and community engagement.

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doi.org/10.1080/07360932.2013.780980, hdl.handle.net/1765/40498
EUR-ISS-CIRI
Forum for Social Economics
International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS)

van Staveren, I., Webbink, E., de Haan, A., & Foa, R. (2014). The Last Mile in Analyzing Wellbeing and Poverty : Indices of Social Development. Forum for Social Economics, 43(1), 8–26. doi:10.1080/07360932.2013.780980