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BL
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970450
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b724820
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Verrest, Hebe.
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| Title & Author
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Home-based economic activities and Caribbean urban livelihoods : : vulnerability, ambition and impact in Paramaribo and Port of Spain /\ Hebe Joanna Louisa Maria Verrest.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam :: Amsterdam University Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1281990914
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: 9048501962
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: 9781281990914
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: 9789048501960
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Publication of book was made possible by a grant from WOTRO (Science for Global Development) of the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) and AMIDSt (Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298).
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| Contents
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Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago; 4. Caribbean Urban Livelihoods; 5. Home-Based Economic Activities; 6. Organisins HBEAs; 7. HBEAs, Institutions and Social Relations; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix; Samenvatting.
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| Abstract
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A study of the importance of home-based economic activities to Caribbean urban livelihoods, surveying the way low-income households organise such activities, and the role of institutions and policies involved in the process.
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Community development, Urban-- Economic aspects-- Developing countries.
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Urban poor-- Economic aspects-- Suriname.
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Urban poor-- Economic aspects-- Trinidad and Tobago.
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Urban poor-- Social aspects-- Suriname.
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Urban poor-- Social aspects-- Trinidad and Tobago.
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Community development, Urban-- Economic aspects.
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Kwetsbaarheid.
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Onderontwikkeling.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Poverty Homelessness.
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Thuiswerk.
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Developing countries.
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Suriname (land)
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Suriname.
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Trinidad and Tobago.
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Trinidad en Tobago.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.5/091732/091724
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| LC Classification
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HV4173.V47 2007eb
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| NLM classification
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73.30bcl
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