Cummings, Sarah, Richard Heeks, and Marleen Huysman. "Knowledge and learning in online communities in development: a social capital perspective." Development Informatics Working Paper 16 (2003).

The paper explores the application of social capital to enhance understanding of online networks in development contexts, emphasizing the significance of knowledge generation and social learning through these networks for development practices. It reviews non-development approaches to social capital in online communities and integrates development-related aspects into a new framework aimed at analyzing social capital within online development networks, acknowledging the potential benefits and the need for further understanding due to the nascent stage of these networks.