Michael Woolcock
Impact in
- Development top 0.1%
- International Development and Aid
Papers in
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- Social Capital and Networks 16
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality 11
- Human Rights and Development 7
- Development 29
- International Development and Aid 29
- Co-authors
- Deepa Narayan (4 shared papers)Lant Pritchett (13 shared papers)Veronica Nyhan Jones (4 shared papers)Matt Andrews (5 shared papers)Christiaan Grootaert (1 shared paper)Mark R. Warren (1 shared paper)Berk Özler (5 shared papers)Sarah Baird (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- The Journal of Development Studies (5 papers)Studies in Comparative International Development (2 papers)World Development (2 papers)The American Sociologist (2 papers)Journal of Development Effectiveness (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomNew Zealand
In The Last Decade
Michael Woolcock
102 papers receiving 8.4k citations
Michael Woolcock's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 149
- Development 762
- Business and International Management 293
- Sociology and Political Science 5.6k
- Safety Research 1.0k
- Public Administration 319
Countries citing papers authored by Michael Woolcock
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Fields of papers citing papers 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
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social capital and economic development: Toward a theoretical synthesis and policy framework Hit paper breakdown → | 1998 | 2918 |
| 2 | Social Capital: Implications for Development Theory, Research, and Policy Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 2732 |
| 3 | Measuring Social Capital Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 515 |
| 4 | 2003 | 375 | |
| 5 | Measuring Social Capital : An Integrated Questionnaire | 2004 | 357 |
| 6 | 2003 | 256 | |
| 7 | 2013 | 228 | |
| 8 | 2014 | 216 | |
| 9 | 2013 | 200 | |
| 10 | 2017 | 185 | |
| 11 | 2012 | 183 | |
| 12 | 2004 | 164 | |
| 13 | 2010 | 132 | |
| 14 | 2010 | 128 | |
| 15 | 2012 | 118 | |
| 16 | 2001 | 99 | |
| 17 | 2003 | 97 | |
| 18 | 1999 | 93 | |
| 19 | 2006 | 89 | |
| 20 | 2000 | 89 |
About Michael Woolcock
Michael Woolcock is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Development, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Safety Research, having authored 106 papers that have together received 10.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include International Development and Aid (29 papers), Social Capital and Networks (16 papers), Income, Poverty, and Inequality (11 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (9 papers), Human Rights and Development (7 papers), Evaluation and Performance Assessment (7 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (6 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (762 citations), Business and International Management (293 citations), Sociology and Political Science (5.6k citations), Safety Research (1.0k citations) and Public Administration (319 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, Christiaan Grootaert, Mark R. Warren, Berk Özler, Sarah Baird, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Matthew Andrews. Their work appears in journals such as The Journal of Development Studies, Studies in Comparative International Development, World Development, The American Sociologist and Journal of Development Effectiveness.
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