Urban Livelihoods : A People-centred Approach to Reducing Poverty
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| Title: | Urban Livelihoods : A People-centred Approach to Reducing Poverty |
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| Description: | 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 are responsive to the claims and needs of different groups of poor people. |
| Authors: | Tony Lloyd-Jones, Carole Rakodi |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Poverty, Urban poor--Developing countries, Community development, Urban--Developing countries, City dwellers |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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 are responsive to the claims and needs of different groups of poor people. |
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| ISBN: | 9781853838613 9781853838606 9781136548468 9781136548451 9781136548437 9781849773805 |
