INFORMATION ECONOMY OF BELARUS AND ALLOCATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL

The theory of social capital in information economy is analyzed. The micro-social processes that govern how people create and appropriate value from social capital is viewed. It is shown that strong social capital in Belarus is a basis of it economic and information de- velopment. Determinants of social capital in economy of Belarus include high levels of edu- cation, communications services, science and new technology. Paper investigates how to ena- ble process of development of social capital from communication, education and science