Development and social capital

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Conflict and Social and Political Preferences: Evidence from World War II and Civil Conflict in 35 European Countries (2014, unknown): “In addition to the role played by formal institutions, an ever-growing literature stresses the importance of culture and the positive role that social capital plays in growth (Knack and Keefer, 1997), the functioning of markets (Fafchamps, 2006) and institutional quality (Tabellini, 2008, 2010).”
Human geography and the institutions that underlie economic growth (2011, background): “Moreover, they affect the cost of transactions to secure resources, notably through the degree of trust between agents (Fafchamps, 2006).”
Are middlemen facilitators or barriers to improve smallholders' welfare in rural economies? Empirical evidence from Ethiopia (2016, background): “Personalized trust arises from repeated interpersonal interactions (Fafchamps, 2006), while generalized trust results from knowing the community or society as a whole (Platteau, 1994).”
Legacies of violence: trust and market development (2013, background): “A prerequisite for the successful development of market economies is to depart from closed group interactions and to enlarge exchange to anonymous others (Fafchamps 2006; Algan and Cahuc 2010).”