Urban poverty
- Broadening poverty research in Bangladesh to include secondary cities
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002
- How can the rising numbers of people living in extreme poverty in the slums of towns and cities in Bangladesh they be raised from poverty? How can they be employed, housed, fed, educated and cared for? This bulletin presents da...
- Why do female-headed households, petty traders, and street food vendors have the largest percentage of food secure households in Ghana?
- C. E. Levin; D. G. Maxwell; M. Armar-Klemesu; M. T. Ruel; S. S. Morris; C. Ahiadeke / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1999
- Despite lower incomes and additional demands on their time as housewives and mothers, female-headed households, petty traders, and street food vendors have the largest percentage of food secure households. Women may be achieving house...
- Human rights and children's rights in urban areas
- UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2002
- This Digest assesses the human rights situation of poor and marginalised children in urban areas around the world. The following are the key features of this digest: it considers the range of problems that these childre...
- Does migration or staying put perpetuate the inter-generational transfer of poverty?
- U. Kothari / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002
- This paper examines the links between migration and chronic poverty and argues that since migration is a central livelihood strategy for poor people it has to be considered within the overall context of research on chronic poverty. Th...
- Urban governance in Zimbabwe
- A.Y. Kamete / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2002
- The paper examines urban governance in the framework of sustainable urban development, and agrees with most analyses that sustainable settlements embrace social, ecological and economic dimensions. The discussion stresses that a form ...
- How do the urban poor obtain information and develop knowledge?
- T. Schilderman / Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2002
- Poor men and women living in urban informal settlements do need knowledge and information to cope with risks and improve their livelihoods, but they sometimes find it hard to access. How do the urban poor obtain information and develo...
- Failures of the Habitat Agenda on participatory urban governance
- CARE International, 2001
- This report summarises the findings of research to assess whether poor city residents have benefited from Commitment C of the Habitat Agenda, concerning participation and enablement. The barriers to participation of city dwelle...
- Policymakers must recognise that urban poverty exists and that it is increasing
- D. Maxwell; L. Levin; M. Armar-Klemesu / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
- Substantial abstract of a report studying the impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of the poor in Accra. Examines food consumption and employment and income, as well as hygiene practices, sani...
- Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania
- J.L.P. Lugalla / African Studies Quarterly, 1997
- This paper describes the impact of Economic Reforms on the health conditions of the urban poor in Tanzania. The main argument advanced is that Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) have exacerbated the declining condition of the urban...
- Petty-traders in peri-urban Africa: burgeoning class of entrepreneurs or underclass of underemployed and unemployed?
- P.D. Little / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
- This article explores the increasing proliferation of petty traders, in Africa's sprawling peri-urban areas. Conclusions: The proliferation of petty traders in most peri-urban areas can be interpreted as an unhea...
- Does migration or staying put perpetuate the inter-generational transfer of poverty?
- U. Kothari / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002
- This paper examines the links between migration and chronic poverty and argues that since migration is a central livelihood strategy for poor people it has to be considered within the overall context of research on chronic poverty. Th...
- Urban governance in Zimbabwe
- A.Y. Kamete / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2002
- The paper examines urban governance in the framework of sustainable urban development, and agrees with most analyses that sustainable settlements embrace social, ecological and economic dimensions. The discussion stresses that a form ...
- How do the urban poor obtain information and develop knowledge?
- T. Schilderman / Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2002
- Poor men and women living in urban informal settlements do need knowledge and information to cope with risks and improve their livelihoods, but they sometimes find it hard to access. How do the urban poor obtain information and develo...
- Failures of the Habitat Agenda on participatory urban governance
- CARE International, 2001
- This report summarises the findings of research to assess whether poor city residents have benefited from Commitment C of the Habitat Agenda, concerning participation and enablement. The barriers to participation of city dwelle...
- Policymakers must recognise that urban poverty exists and that it is increasing
- D. Maxwell; L. Levin; M. Armar-Klemesu / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
- Substantial abstract of a report studying the impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of the poor in Accra. Examines food consumption and employment and income, as well as hygiene practices, sani...
- Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania
- J.L.P. Lugalla / African Studies Quarterly, 1997
- This paper describes the impact of Economic Reforms on the health conditions of the urban poor in Tanzania. The main argument advanced is that Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) have exacerbated the declining condition of the urban...
- Petty-traders in peri-urban Africa: burgeoning class of entrepreneurs or underclass of underemployed and unemployed?
- P.D. Little / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
- This article explores the increasing proliferation of petty traders, in Africa's sprawling peri-urban areas. Conclusions: The proliferation of petty traders in most peri-urban areas can be interpreted as an unhea...
- Urban regeneration for fighting poverty
- N. Hamid; M. R. Villareal / Asian Development Bank Institute, 2001
- The present volume contains the proceedings of the third Asian Mayors’ Forum, which focused on the theme Fighting Urban Poverty and was held in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on 26-29 June 2000. The individual contrib...
- Poverty and income inequality in Burkina Faso
- H. Fofack; C. Monga; H. Tuluy / World Bank, 2001
- This paper investigates the dynamics of poverty and income inequality in a cross-section of socioeconomic groups and geographical regions. The study takes place over the five years growth period which followed the 1994 CFA Franc deval...
- How long will it be before most of the poor live in urban areas?
- M. Ravallion / World Bank, 2001
- Is the urban share of poverty also likely to grow? There is evidence that it has been doing so. Will the poor urbanise faster than the nonpoor? How long will it be before most of the poor live in urban areas? Conditions are ide...
- 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
