To access social capital and income equality has been considered as a main goal in sustainable development of any society. Social capital, as a symbol of interpersonal cooperation and based on mutual trust among individuals, is one of the main bases for economic development.This paper studies the importance of income inequality for the formation of social capital. Using panel data pattern, data from 16 developing countries within 2000-2008 is used with the main aim to investigate

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... betweensocial capital and income inequality. The results show that increase in income inequality in society causes a decrease in clarification of the relationships between social capital and income inequality can be influential on macro policies of the governments, especially those policies regarding distribution and redistribution of income in society with the purpose to achieve higher levels of social capital.