Urban poverty
- Continued marginalisation of informal workers in Malawi
- R.I.C. Tambulasi; H.M. Kayuni / Poverty Frontiers, 2007
- Malawi has a huge informal sector due to high levels of unemployement. One of the ways people earn income in this sector is minibus-calling. This considerably reduces the vulnerability of many who would otherwise be excluded economica...
- Improving rural and urban pension provision in China
- R. Herd; Y.-W. Hu; V. Koen / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010
- China’s population is ageing fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. Migration of the young to urban areas is raising the proportion of the elderly in the rural population and the increase in the old-age de...
- Reasons for high localisation of inequality in Mozambique
- C. Rosário; I. Tvedten; M. Paulo / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the in...
- Does socioeconomic status determine access to health care in Peru?
- C. Kristiansson (ed); E. Gotuzzo; H. Rodriguez 2009
- Good health is recognised by many as being central to individual and national development. However, there is often a disconnect between the access and utilisation of health services by the poor. In countries where publicly funded prog...
- The impact of demographic transformation on the health of the urban poor
- M. R. Montgomery / Population Reference Bureau, 2009
- This bulletin, published by the Population Reference Bureau, provides a sketch of urban health in developing countries, documenting the intra-urban differences in health for a number of countries and showing how the risks facing the u...
- Economic growth: Inevitably unbalanced across regions
- World Development Report, World Bank, 2009
- Economic growth is inevitably unbalanced, and attempts to spread it out could jeopardise development. This is the key argument of the 2009 World Development Report on reshaping economic geography. The report argues that cen...
- Urban agriculture for poverty reduction: farmers in Tanzania show the way
- H.E. Masashua; P.J. Dimoso; F.G.H. Hawassi / Eldis Poverty Resource Guide, 2009
- Although urban agriculture plays an important role in economic development, activities that support urban agriculture are rarely included in programmes for urban development and poverty reduction. Likewis...
- Urban labour markets and urban poverty
- U. Grant / Overseas Development Institute, 2009
- Drawn by the promise of growth and opportunity, the world is increasingly urbanising: an estimated sixty percent of the world’s population are expected to be living in cities by 2030. But in reality, urban population growth does...
- DFID overview on rural-urban linkages and livelihoods
- Overseas Development Institute, 2002
- This key briefing paper in the DFID series is concerned with the changing relationship between the rural and the urban and its implications for policy makers. Its clear format provides a concise overview of key issues in decision maki...
- Social issues under transistion: an indepth look at Vietnam
- T.L. Giang; K. H. Duong / Vietnam Development Forum, 2008
- Fast growth and integration has intensified social problems in Vietnam. New problems have also arisen. Rapidly urbanising areas are experiencing issues with street children, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS epidemic transmission. Nationally...
- Improving rural and urban pension provision in China
- R. Herd; Y.-W. Hu; V. Koen / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010
- China’s population is ageing fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. Migration of the young to urban areas is raising the proportion of the elderly in the rural population and the increase in the old-age de...
- Reasons for high localisation of inequality in Mozambique
- C. Rosário; I. Tvedten; M. Paulo / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the in...
- Does socioeconomic status determine access to health care in Peru?
- C. Kristiansson (ed); E. Gotuzzo; H. Rodriguez 2009
- Good health is recognised by many as being central to individual and national development. However, there is often a disconnect between the access and utilisation of health services by the poor. In countries where publicly funded prog...
- The impact of demographic transformation on the health of the urban poor
- M. R. Montgomery / Population Reference Bureau, 2009
- This bulletin, published by the Population Reference Bureau, provides a sketch of urban health in developing countries, documenting the intra-urban differences in health for a number of countries and showing how the risks facing the u...
- Economic growth: Inevitably unbalanced across regions
- World Development Report, World Bank, 2009
- Economic growth is inevitably unbalanced, and attempts to spread it out could jeopardise development. This is the key argument of the 2009 World Development Report on reshaping economic geography. The report argues that cen...
- Urban agriculture for poverty reduction: farmers in Tanzania show the way
- H.E. Masashua; P.J. Dimoso; F.G.H. Hawassi / Eldis Poverty Resource Guide, 2009
- Although urban agriculture plays an important role in economic development, activities that support urban agriculture are rarely included in programmes for urban development and poverty reduction. Likewis...
- Urban labour markets and urban poverty
- U. Grant / Overseas Development Institute, 2009
- Drawn by the promise of growth and opportunity, the world is increasingly urbanising: an estimated sixty percent of the world’s population are expected to be living in cities by 2030. But in reality, urban population growth does...
- DFID overview on rural-urban linkages and livelihoods
- Overseas Development Institute, 2002
- This key briefing paper in the DFID series is concerned with the changing relationship between the rural and the urban and its implications for policy makers. Its clear format provides a concise overview of key issues in decision maki...
- Social issues under transistion: an indepth look at Vietnam
- T.L. Giang; K. H. Duong / Vietnam Development Forum, 2008
- Fast growth and integration has intensified social problems in Vietnam. New problems have also arisen. Rapidly urbanising areas are experiencing issues with street children, prostitution, and HIV/AIDS epidemic transmission. Nationally...
- From Ahmedabad to Durban - reflections on informal workers
- I. Valodia (ed) / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007
- This paper offers reflections after the Durban Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP). The programme's objective is to continue and develop further dialogue between labour economists, SEWA activists, and WIEGO researcher...
- 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
