Regionalism as social capital for regional development. Competing views

Social Capital, Economic Growth and Regional Development

SRIYA IYER*, MICHAEL KITSON† and BERNARD TOH‡ *Faculty of Economics and St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9DD, UK. Email: [email protected] †Judge Business School and St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1AG, UK. Email: [email protected] ‡Department of Economics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. Email: bernard.toh@g...

Regional Banks and Regionalism: a New Frontier for Development Financing

The 1990s witnessed the parallel forces of globalization and regionalization strongly at work. While seemingly contradictory, they are in fact complementary dimensions of market development. This background paper will focus on the latter, and its special dimension of regionalism; i.e., policy driven regional cooperation. Particular attention will be given to the recent advances and challenges i...

Bridging the Gap: Social Capital and Subnational Regional Development

Relationship between Social Capital and Development Management

Background and purpose: The major goal of this research is to study the relationship between social capital and development management in Islamic Azad University, Sari branch. There are four special aims that investigate the relation between social partnership, social cohesion, social confidence and development management; and the power of anticipating of development management by dimensions of...

Social media, community development and social capital

Initial growth in Internet use in the 1990s resulted in many digital pioneers viewing new information and communication technologies (ICTs) as a means to radically empower people through new global connections and extensive social capital. This has extended into an interest in exploring how ICTs can contribute to international development, and particularly in the field of ICT for development (I...