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1043224
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b797594
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Urban livelihoods : : a people-centred approach to reducing poverty /\ edited by Carole Rakodi with Tony Lloyd-Jones.
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London ;Sterling, VA :: Earthscan Publications,, 2002.
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1 online resource (xxii, 306 pages)
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1136548467
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: 1280475684
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: 6610475687
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: 9781136548468
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: 9781280475689
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: 9781417542666
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: 9781849773805
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1853838608
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1853838608
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1853838616
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1853838616
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9781853838606
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9781853838613
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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A livelihoods approach -- conceptual issues and definitions ; Economic development, urbanization and poverty / Carole Rakodi -- The urban context and poor people / Sheilah Meikle -- Seeking an understanding of poverty that recognizes rural-urban differences and rural-urban linkages / David Satterthwaite and Cecilia Tacoli -- Living in the present, investing in the future -- household security among the poor / Jo Beall -- Municipal government, urban economic growth and poverty reduction -- identifying the transmission mechanisms between growth and poverty / Philip Amis -- Support for livelihood strategies / Stuart Rutherford, Malcolm Harper and John Grierson -- Social capital, local networks and community development / Sue Phillips -- Tenure and shelter in urban livelihoods / Geoffrey Payne -- Health, health services and environmental health / Trudy Harpham and Emma Grant -- Infrastructure and environmental health services / Mansoor Ali -- Spatial planning, access and infrastructure / Alison Brown and Tony Lloyd-Jones -- Urban livelihoods -- issues for urban governance and management / Nick Devas -- Reducing urban poverty in India -- lessons from projects supported by DFID / Susan Loughhead and Carole Rakodi -- The Jamaica Urban Poverty Project / Sue Jones and Kingston Restoration Company -- Strengthening urban livelihoods in Zambia -- PUSH II and PROSPECT / David Sanderson and Darren Hedley -- Lessons from the experience of some urban poverty-reduction programmes / David Satterthwaite -- Issues in designing new projects and programmes / Sue Jones.
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| Abstract
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One of the most promising approaches to poverty reduction in developing countries is to encourage sustainable livelihoods for the poor. This takes account of their opportunities and assets and the sources of their vulnerability. Based on recent and extensive research this volume thoroughly assesses the value of the livelihoods approach to urban poverty. The book reviews the situation and strategies of the urban poor and identifies the policies and practical programmes that work best. Lasting improvements depend not just on economic development but on political commitment and structures that ar.
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Community development, Urban-- Developing countries.
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Urban poor-- Developing countries.
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Développement communautaire urbain-- Pays en voie de développement.
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Pauvres en milieu urbain-- Pays en voie de développement.
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Armut
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Community development, Urban.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Poverty Homelessness.
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Stadt
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Stadtentwicklung
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Urban poor.
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Armoede.
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Opbouwwerk.
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Steden.
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Developing countries.
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Entwicklungsländer
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| Dewey Classification
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362.5091732091724
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| LC Classification
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HV4173.U73 2002eb
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| NLM classification
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71.68bcl
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GEO 138fstub
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MS 1720rvk
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MS 8400rvk
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RB 10909rvk
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RB 10918rvk
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SOZ 580fstub
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| Added Entry
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Lloyd-Jones, Tony,1947-
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Rakodi, Carole.
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