Michael Woolcock

17.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 10.2k citations indexed

About

Michael Woolcock is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Development and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Woolcock has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 10.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Development and 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Michael Woolcock's work include International Development and Aid (29 papers), Social Capital and Networks (16 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (11 papers). Michael Woolcock is often cited by papers focused on International Development and Aid (29 papers), Social Capital and Networks (16 papers) and Income, Poverty, and Inequality (11 papers). Michael Woolcock collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Michael Woolcock's co-authors include Deepa Narayan, Lant Pritchett, Veronica Nyhan Jones, Matt Andrews, Mark R. Warren, Christiaan Grootaert, Berk Özler, Sarah Baird, Francisco H. G. Ferreira and Matthew Andrews and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Social Forces and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Michael Woolcock

102 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

Social capital and economic development: Toward a theoret... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2000 2004 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k

Peers

Michael Woolcock
Comparison fields: 5 of 157
  • Sociology and Political Science 5.6k
  • Economics and Econometrics 2.1k
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.3k
  • General Health Professions 1.2k
  • Safety Research 1.0k
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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2 3
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How (Not) to Fix Problems that Matter : Assessing and Responding to Malawi's History of Institutional Reform
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4 180
5
Social Institutions and the Development Process: Using Cross-Disciplinary Insights to Build an Alternative Aid Architecture
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6 1
7 214
8 226
9
The Varieties of Resource Experience
8
10
Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
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11 117
12
Intersubjective Meaning and Collective Action in ‘Fragile’ Societies : \nTheory, Evidence and Policy Implications
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13
Towards a Plurality of Methods in Project Evaluation: A Contextualised Approach to Understanding Impact Trajectories and Efficacy
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14 13
15
Social Exclusion and Mobility in Brazil
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16
The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank
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17 89
18
Measuring Social Capital : An Integrated Questionnaire
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19
Capacity enhancement for social development: building on local context and process
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20 87

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