Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
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. |
Thesis |
Academisch Proefschrift--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2007. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298). |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Urban poor -- Economic aspects -- Suriname.
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Urban poor. |
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Suriname. |
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Urban poor -- Economic aspects -- Trinidad and Tobago.
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Trinidad and Tobago. |
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Community development, Urban -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
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Community development, Urban -- Economic aspects. |
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Developing countries. |
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Community development, Urban. |
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Urban poor -- Social aspects -- Suriname.
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Social aspects. |
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Urban poor -- Social aspects -- Trinidad and Tobago.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Academic theses.
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Academic theses.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Verrest, Hebe. Home-based economic activities and Caribbean urban livelihoods. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007 9789056294908 9056294903 (DLC) 2008478731 (OCoLC)191685428 |
ISBN |
9789048501960 (electronic book) |
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9048501962 (electronic book) |
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1281990914 |
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9781281990914 |
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