Michael Woolcock
Impact in
- Development top 0.1%
- International Development and Aid
Papers in
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- Social Capital and Networks 18
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality 12
- Human Rights and Development 8
- Political Conflict and Governance 6
- Development 32
- International Development and Aid 32
- Co-authors
- Deepa Narayan (4 shared papers)Lant Pritchett (17 shared papers)Veronica Nyhan Jones (5 shared papers)Matt Andrews (9 shared papers)Mark R. Warren (1 shared paper)Christiaan Grootaert (1 shared paper)Sarah Baird (3 shared papers)Berk Özler (5 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Journal of Development Studies (5 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (2 papers)Journal of Development Effectiveness (2 papers)The American Sociologist (2 papers)World Development (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomNew Zealand
In The Last Decade
Michael Woolcock
117 papers receiving 9.3k citations
Michael Woolcock's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 151
- Development 898
- Business and International Management 330
- Sociology and Political Science 6.4k
- Safety Research 1.1k
- Public Administration 367
Countries citing papers authored by Michael Woolcock
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael Woolcock, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 126 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | Social capital and economic development: Toward a theoretical synthesis and policy framework Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 3279 |
| 2 | Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 2961 |
| 3 | Measuring Social Capital Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 553 |
| 4 | 2003 | 443 | |
| 5 | Measuring Social Capital : An Integrated Questionnaire | 2004 | 370 |
| 6 | 2003 | 292 | |
| 7 | 2013 | 240 | |
| 8 | 2013 | 236 | |
| 9 | Looking Like a State: Techniques of Persistent Failure in State Capability for Implementation Hit paper breakdown → | 2012 | 231 |
| 10 | 2014 | 224 | |
| 11 | 2017 | 216 | |
| 12 | 2004 | 181 | |
| 13 | 2010 | 151 | |
| 14 | 2012 | 148 | |
| 15 | 2010 | 139 | |
| 16 | 2001 | 111 | |
| 17 | 2003 | 103 | |
| 18 | 2002 | 100 | |
| 19 | Analyzing social capital in context : a guide to using qualitative methods and data | 2006 | 100 |
| 20 | 1999 | 99 |
About Michael Woolcock
Michael Woolcock is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Development, Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and General Health Professions, having authored 126 papers that have together received 11.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include International Development and Aid (32 papers), Social Capital and Networks (18 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (12 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 papers), Human Rights and Development (8 papers), Evaluation and Performance Assessment (8 papers), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (7 papers) and Political Conflict and Governance (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (898 citations), Business and International Management (330 citations), Sociology and Political Science (6.4k citations), Safety Research (1.1k citations) and Public Administration (367 citations). Michael Woolcock has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Frequent co-authors include Deepa Narayan, Lant Pritchett, Veronica Nyhan Jones, Matt Andrews, Mark R. Warren, Christiaan Grootaert, Sarah Baird, Berk Özler, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Matthew Andrews. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Development Studies, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Development Effectiveness, The American Sociologist and World Development.
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