Abstract

MAZZOTTI PABELLO, Giovanna. Social Capital and Development: A Critical Proposal to Evaluate Projects and Programs on Social Development in Mexico. Polis [online]. 2006, vol.2, n.1, pp.75-104. ISSN 2594-0686.

Considering that in the last years, due to the work carried out by Putnam (1993) the term of social capital has taken a preponderant place in the speeches on development, the present article shows the necessity to relate the notion of social capital with the definition of developmental type that is promoted, and to articulate it with the specific way of operation that the civil organizations of development does possess with the objective of defining the areas of intervention and to create the elements which allow them to increase the social profitability of its projects and to improve its acting.

Keywords : Development; civil organizations; social capital.