Harvard Kennedy School Social Capital Toolkit
Published by the Saguaro Seminar. By Thomas H. Sander and Kathleen Lowney. The goal of this Toolkit is to briefly describe the social capital concept and its dimensions, and then outline and illustrate some effective ways to build social capital among individuals and groups.
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