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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verrest, Hebe.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban poor--Economic aspects--Suriname.

Urban poor.

Urban poor--Economic aspects--Trinidad and Tobago.

Community development, Urban--Economic aspects--Developing countries.

Community development, Urban.

Urban poor--Social aspects--Suriname.

Urban poor--Social aspects--Trinidad and Tobago.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

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.

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

Notes:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279 - 298).

ISBN:

1-281-99091-4

9786611990916

90-485-0196-2

OCLC:

476251702