Urban poverty
- Do household and neighborhood living standards influence health in developing countries?
- M.R. Montgomery; P.C. Hewett / Population Council, USA, 2004
- This paper investigates whether the health of women and young children within developing country cities, is influenced by household and neighborhood standards of living. Using data from the urban samples of 85 Demographic and H...
- Can micro-insurance be a substitute of social assistance in Jordan?
- M. Loewe; J. Ochtrop; C. Peter; A. Roth; M. Tampe; A. Türkner / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2001
- This study examines the potential of micro-insurance as an approach to reducing the vulnerability of urban population groups that are difficult for conventional social protection strategies to cover in Jordan. It argues that this is a...
- Rural roots of urban poverty: undestanding the poor and the consequences of poverty alleviation programmes in Indonesia
- T. Tambunan / SilverPlatter Information, 2003
- What are the characteristics of urban poverty in Indonesia, and what impacts are existing government policies having? This study attempts to examine urban poverty levels, the condition under which the urban poor in Indonesia live and ...
- Economic and social processes influencing chronic urban poverty
- D. Mitlin / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003
- This paper reviews the economic, political and social processes influencing the nature, extent and depth of poverty in urban areas of the South. Reviewing urban poverty and chronic poverty, the paper also examines the spatial and soci...
- Child care programme assists vulnerable urban households in Guatemala
- M. Ruel; B. Brière; K. Hallman; A. Quisumbing; N. Coj / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost...
- Poverty perceived: lessons from the poor in increasing income or providing the basics
- T. S. Osinubi / University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2003
- Nigeria is experiencing a serious and alarming rise in the levels of urban poverty when compared to rural poverty, so what are its characteristics? This study was carried out in Agege area of Lagos State to determine conditions under ...
- Supporting the urban poor to become development actors: a Thai experience
- Somsook Boonyabancha / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can local institutions contribute to urban poverty reduction? Can housing and loan schemes strengthen community organisations and boost their capacity to negotiate with urban authorities? Can community savings and credit activitie...
- The role of agriculture and natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor
- A. Gordon; J. Davis; A. Long; K. Meadows / Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2000
- This paper examines the role played by agriculture and natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor. It demonstrates that this role has important policy implications: the urban poor have less scope than rural ...
- Understanding linkages between urban poverty, livelihoods and natural resources
- Ann Gordon; Junior Davis; Andrew Long / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- How are the conditions in which the urban poor live affected by changes in rural economies? How do policies targeted at rural populations indirectly affect urbanites? Can pro-poor urban policies be developed which take into account th...
- Poverty busting in Central America: where do we go from here?
- M. Richards; S. Maxwell; J. Wadsworth / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- In the seven countries of Central America, rural people are twice as likely to be poor as their urban compatriots. Are rural development (RD) strategies working? Is the declining agricultural sector likely to become an engine of growt...
- Economic and social processes influencing chronic urban poverty
- D. Mitlin / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003
- This paper reviews the economic, political and social processes influencing the nature, extent and depth of poverty in urban areas of the South. Reviewing urban poverty and chronic poverty, the paper also examines the spatial and soci...
- Child care programme assists vulnerable urban households in Guatemala
- M. Ruel; B. Brière; K. Hallman; A. Quisumbing; N. Coj / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002
- This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost...
- Poverty perceived: lessons from the poor in increasing income or providing the basics
- T. S. Osinubi / University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 2003
- Nigeria is experiencing a serious and alarming rise in the levels of urban poverty when compared to rural poverty, so what are its characteristics? This study was carried out in Agege area of Lagos State to determine conditions under ...
- Supporting the urban poor to become development actors: a Thai experience
- Somsook Boonyabancha / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can local institutions contribute to urban poverty reduction? Can housing and loan schemes strengthen community organisations and boost their capacity to negotiate with urban authorities? Can community savings and credit activitie...
- The role of agriculture and natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor
- A. Gordon; J. Davis; A. Long; K. Meadows / Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2000
- This paper examines the role played by agriculture and natural resources in the livelihoods of the urban poor. It demonstrates that this role has important policy implications: the urban poor have less scope than rural ...
- Understanding linkages between urban poverty, livelihoods and natural resources
- Ann Gordon; Junior Davis; Andrew Long / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- How are the conditions in which the urban poor live affected by changes in rural economies? How do policies targeted at rural populations indirectly affect urbanites? Can pro-poor urban policies be developed which take into account th...
- Poverty busting in Central America: where do we go from here?
- M. Richards; S. Maxwell; J. Wadsworth / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- In the seven countries of Central America, rural people are twice as likely to be poor as their urban compatriots. Are rural development (RD) strategies working? Is the declining agricultural sector likely to become an engine of growt...
- Voices of the stigmatised: listening to the street children of Tanzania
- Ruth Evans / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- What are the links between HIV, poverty, education and gender inequality? How have structural adjustment and cost-sharing affected vulnerable children in Tanzania? Are policy-makers able to address the serious inequalities and vulnera...
- What is the impact of space on urban poverty in India?
- P. Amis / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003
- This paper is based on a synthesis of recent literature on poverty in India. It argues that within the context of urban poverty in India, spatial analysis does not feature prominently enough within the recent livelihoods work. This pa...
- Area-by-area variations in water and sanitation subsidies offered within cities
- N. Johnstone / Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 1997
- This paper looks at the relationship between economic inequality and urban environmental quality in developing countries, with specific reference to the provision of water and sanitation services. The paper explores the consequ...
- Global Metropolitan Studies at the Institute of Urban & Regional Development, UC Berkeley
- The 21st century will be an urban century with more people around the world residing in metropolitan regions than in any other form of human settlement. This urbanization is taking place in both the global North and the global South. Its implications are widespread: from environmental challenges to entrenched patterns of segregation to new configurations of politics and social movements. The Globa...
- Instituto Javeriano de Vivienda y Urbanismo (The Institute for Housing and Urbanism), Colombia (INVAJIU)
- Colombian research institute working on problems of housing and urban poverty
- SHARAN
- Drug use and treatment in marginalised communities
