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Author Verrest, Hebe.

Title Home-based economic activities and Caribbean urban livelihoods : vulnerability, ambition and impact in Paramaribo and Port of Spain / Hebe Joanna Louisa Maria Verrest.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description 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.
Urban poor.
Suriname.
Urban poor -- Economic aspects -- Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Community development, Urban -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
Community development, Urban -- Economic aspects.
Developing countries.
Community development, Urban.
Urban poor -- Social aspects -- Suriname.
Social aspects.
Urban poor -- Social aspects -- Trinidad and Tobago.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Academic theses.
Academic theses.
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)
9048501962 (electronic book)
1281990914
9781281990914