This paper draws on the experiences of the Far East Economic Crisis in 1998 and argues that: (1) the poor depended heavily on bonding social capital during the Crisis, but the crunch-point beyond which they felt no longer able to rely on this is less certain; (2) bridging social capital could...

Intro -- Summary contents -- Detailed contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Ch. 1: Building a 'Pro-Poor' Social Capital Framework -- Ch. 2: Ethnography - Alternative Research Methodology -- Ch. 3: Historical and Cultural Contexts of Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong -- Ch. 4: Investing...