M. Kamrul Islam notes the criticisms of the present state of social capital research as: the difficulty of measuring the elements of social capital, thus the need to find better ways to measure it, also, to better address its effect in communities overall. But perhaps most important is the need to find and measure ways to increase it.

Soumyananda Dinda explains that human capital and social capital are closely related and together are useful to realizing economic growth.

Author of Development Macroeconomics: Alternative Strategies for Growth, Basil Oberholzer, offers a comprehensive analysis of how macroeconomics can steer development and reduce poverty.