Abstract
Using AsiaBarometer survey data on 14 Central and South Asian countries, i.e., Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Bhutan, Mongolia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, this chapter attempts to see key dimensions of social capital. Twelve survey questions related to social capital included in the AsiaBarometer survey are factor analysed with varimax rotation. Three dimensions have emerged: general trust, merit-based utilitarianism, and institutional engagement. On these bases, six groups of countries have emerged, using hierarchical clustering analysis: (1) Sri Lanka, Bhutan, India; (2) Pakistan, the Maldives, (3) Turkmenistan; (4) Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Afghanistan; (5) Mongolia, Nepal; (6) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan.
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