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1 online resource (xxi, 313 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A decade of change: from the Urban Community Development Office to the Community Organization Development Institute in Thailand / Somsook Boonyabancha -- The Community Mortgage Programme: an innovative social housing programme in the Philippines and its outcomes / Emma Porio [and others] -- The Mexican National Popular Housing Fund / Prisicilla Connolly -- Participation and sustainability in social projects: the experience of the Local Development Programme in Nicaragua / Alfred Stein -- The work of the Anjuman Samaji Behbood in Faisalabad, Pakistan / Salim Alimuddin, Arif Hasan and Asiya Sadiq -- Municipal Programme for the Reform and Extension of Homes: Casa Melhor/PAAC Cearah Periferia, Brazil / Debora Cavalcanti, Olinda Marques and Teresa Hilda Costa -- The age of cities and organizations of the urban poor: the work of the South African Homeless People's Federation / Ted Baumann, Joel Bolink and Diana Mitlin -- Grassroots-driven development; The Alliance of SPARC, the National Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan / Sheela Patel and Diana Mitlin -- Addressing deprivations in urban areas / Diana Mitlin and David Satterhwaite -- The role of the local and extra-local organizations / Diana Mitlin and David Satterhwaite. |
| Summary |
Annotation This volume is the most recent addition to the examination of urban poverty by the Human Settlements Program at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). It makes the case for redirecting support to local organizations and processes. The core of the book is case studies of innovative government organizations (in Thailand, Mexico, Philippines and Nicaragua) and community-driven processes (in India, South Africa, Pakistan and Brazil) that show new ways to address urban poverty. Each case study is prepared by specialists from these countries. They show that poverty reduction in urban areas is as much about building competent, accountable local organizations as about attempting to improve incomes. It involves strengthening and supporting the organizations formed by the poor or homeless to be able to develop their own solutions and able to negotiate better deals with the organizations delivering infrastructure, services, credit and land for housing. The understanding of urbanpoverty that the book presents goes beyond conventional, official definitions based only on income or consumption levels to include considerations of housing conditions, tenure, infrastructure and service provision, the rule of law, and civil and political rights, including 'voice' and the right to influence policy and practice on the ground. It offers powerful conclusions for national and local governments, NGOs and international agencies on how to tackle the complex and growing problem of urban poverty. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Urban poor -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Urban poor -- Government policy. |
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Developing countries. |
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Urban poor. |
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Urban poor -- Services for -- Developing countries -- Case studies.
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Urban poor -- Services for. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Mitlin, Diana.
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Satterthwaite, David.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Empowering squatter citizen. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2004 (DLC) 2004002311 (OCoLC)54356517 |
| ISBN |
9781849771108 (electronic book) |
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1849771103 (electronic book) |
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9781844071005 (hardback) |
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1844071006 (hardback) |
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9781844071012 (paperback) |
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1844071014 (paperback) |
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9781136567360 (electronic book) |
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1136567364 (electronic book) |
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1417542616 |
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9781417542611 |
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