Background Papers

A series of background papers have been commissioned to provide input into the Strategy. As they become available, they will be posted here.

• A History of the Social Development Network in The World Bank, 1973 - 2002, March 2004 (263KB PDF)
  
  
• An OED Review of Social Development in Bank Activities, February 2004
  
  
• Empowerement and Social Inclusion: A Social Development Perspective on the Cultural and Institutional Foundations of Poverty Reduction, April 2003
  
  
• How Does Social Development Affect Foreign Direct Investment, Ivar Kolstad and Espen Villanger, Chr Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004 (131KB PDF)
  
  
• Social Capital at the World Bank: Strategic and Operational Implications of the Concept, Paul Francis, March 2002 (Synthesis of March 2002 Roundtable on Operationalizing Social Capital) (366KB PDF)
  
  
• Social Development and Industry Level Foreign Direct Investment, Ivar Kolstad and Espen Villanger, Chr Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004 (217KB PDF)
  
  
• Social Development Matters (OED), March 2004
  
  
• Social Capital, Trust and Development, Marcel Fafchamps, February 2002 (Presented at March 2002 Roundtable on Operationalizing Social Capital) (133KB PDF)
  
  
• Social Capital/Social Development/SDV, Anthony Bebbington (Presented at March 2002 Roundtable on Operationalizing Social Capital) (128KB PDF)
  
  
• Comments on "Social Capital/Social Development/SDV" by Anthony Bebbington from Elinor Ostrom (Presented at March 2002 Roundtable on Operationalizing Social Capital) (119KB PDF)
  
  
• The Empirics of Social Capital: Some Skeptical Thoughts, Steven N. Durlauf, January 2002 (Presented at March 2002 Roundtable on Operationalizing Social Capital) (110KB PDF)
  
  
• The Use of Social Capital for Development and Poverty Reduction, Lindon Robison and Marcelo Siles, February 2002 (Presented at March 2002 Roundtable on Operationalizing Social Capital) (94KB PDF)
  
  
• Social Development and Foreign Direct Investments in Developing Countries, Ivar Kolstad and Line Tondel; Chr. Michelsen Institute, 2002
  
  
• To Claim Our Rights, Caroline Moser and Andy Norton, ODI 2001, 2001