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Social capital in transition: a first look at the evidence

This paper provides what we believe to be the first collection of data on social capital in the transition countries of central/eastern Europe and of the former Soviet Union. Using data from the World Values Survey 1990 and 1995 we document the degree of trust and of civic participation and find that these indicators of social capital are significantly lower than in OECD countries (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development). The paper also provides a preliminary investigation of the link between social capital and growth during transition.

Link http://www.ebrd.org/pubs/econo/wp0061.htm
Author Raiser, M., Haerpfer, Ch., Nowotny , T., Wallace, C
Date Feb 2001
Institute EBRD
Tags CEE, SEE, Soviet, OECD

See also

  1. Exchange Rate Variability, Pressures and Optimum Currency Area Criteria: Implications for the Central and Eastern European Countries
  2. Current Account Developments in Central, Baltic and South-Eastern Europe in the Pre-enlargement Period of 2002-2003
  3. Transition and international integration in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
  4. Benchmarking structural change in transition
  5. Ten years after: what is special about transition countries?

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