Urban livelihoods : a people-centred approach to reducing poverty / edited by Carole Rakodi with Tony Lloyd-Jones.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Rakodi, Carole.

Great Britain. Department for International Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development, Urban--Developing countries.

Community development, Urban.

Urban poor--Developing countries.

Urban poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Earthscan, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Urban Livelihoods: A People-centred Approach to Reducing Poverty; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; About the Authors; Foreword by Clare Short; Preface: The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Department for International Development; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART 1 LIVELIHOODS AND THE POVERTY CONTEXT; Chapter 1 A Livelihoods Approach - Conceptual Issues and Definitions; Chapter 2 Economic Development, Urbanization and Poverty; PART 2 UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATIONS AND STRATEGIES OF POOR PEOPLE

Chapter 3 The Urban Context and Poor People Chapter 4 Seeking an Understanding of Poverty that Recognizes Rural-Urban Differences and Rural-Urban Linkages; Chapter 5 Living in the Present, Investing in the Future - Household Security Among the Poor; PART 3 THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF URBAN LIVELIHOODS ANALYSIS; Introduction; Chapter 6 Municipal Government, Urban Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction - Identifying the Transmission Mechanisms Between Growth and Poverty; Chapter 7 Support for Livelihood Strategies; Chapter 8 Social Capital, Local Networks and Community Development

Chapter 9 Tenure and Shelter in Urban Livelihoods Chapter 10 Health, Health Services and Environmental Health; Chapter 11 Infrastructure and Environmental Health Services; Chapter 12 Spatial Planning, Access and Infrastructure; Chapter 13 Urban Livelihoods - Issues for Urban Governance and Management; PART 4 URBAN POVERTY REDUCTION: LESSONS FROM EXPERIENCE; Chapter 14 Reducing Urban Poverty in India - Lessons from Projects Supported by DFID; Chapter 15 The Jamaica Urban Poverty Project; Chapter 16 Strengthening Urban Livelihoods in Zambia - PUSH II and PROSPECT

Chapter 17 Lessons from the Experience of Some Urban Poverty-reduction Programmes PART 5 CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 18 Issues in Designing New Projects and Programmes; Chapter 19 Conclusions; Index

Notes:

On cover: DFID.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-54845-9

1-136-54846-7

1-84977-380-7

1-280-47568-4

9786610475681

600-00-0246-7

1-4175-4266-7

9781849773805

OCLC:

614893908