Michael Woolcock is a leading development scholar, with a background in historical sociology who works as the

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's Lead Social Scientist in their Development Research Group.https://www.tropicalmedicine.ox.ac.uk/team/michael-woolcock

Selected publications

* Woolcock, M., 1998. Social capital and economic development: Toward a theoretical synthesis and policy framework. Theory and society, 27(2), pp.151-208. * Woolcock, M., 2001. The place of social capital in understanding social and economic outcomes. Canadian journal of policy research, 2(1), pp.11-17.

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