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Household responses to poverty and vulnerability. Vol. 2, Confronting crisis in Angyalfold, Budapest, Hungary / Moser, Caroline
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Moser, Caroline.
- Series:
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Access to Finance.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Environment.
- Environmental Economics and Policies.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Housing and Human Habitats.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Local Subjects:
- Access to Finance.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Environment.
- Environmental Economics and Policies.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Health, Nutrition and Population.
- Housing and Human Habitats.
- Population Policies.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Rural Development.
- Rural Poverty Reduction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (118 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1997
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- This research paper describes the main results from the community of Angyalfold, in Budapest, Hungary. The research is concerned with the strategies adopted by the urban poor to reduce vulnerability and prevent impoverishment during periods of economic stress. This type of study assists policymakers in designing effective locally based solutions that ensure the poor are themselves active agents of growth, rather than passive recipients of compensatory measures. Three features distinguish this study from other poverty studies: a micro-level approach combining households and communities as the main units of analysis, an unusually long period of observation for some communities and households, and a comparative framework offering fours cases with very different economic development levels and institutional contexts. The study concludes with some priority recommendations for action: 1) support households in their role as safety net; 2) alleviate constraints on women's labor supply; 3) ensure that social capital is not taken for granted; 4) develop social policy that integrates human capital and social capital; 5) pursue further research; and 6) develop tools and indicators to strengthen the assets of the poor.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-00871-7
- 9786610008711
- 0-585-27514-9
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