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  Microfinance for water supply services

  Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough, 2006

  Microfinance provides the poor with an opportunity to access or finance water supply and sanitation activities.
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  Building homes, changing official approaches: the work of urban poor organizations and their federations and their contributions to meeting the Millennium Development Goals in urban areas

  Human Settlements Programme, 2006

  This paper discusses the current and potential role of community-driven initiatives to significantly improve the lives of slum dwellers and squatters at local, city and national levels.
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  Governance and getting the private sector to provide better water and sanitation services to the urban poor

  Human Settlements Programme, 2006

  This working paper examines issues related to the governance of private sector water and sanitation services.The author reviews a number of related issues, including:urban water and sanitation issues and the Millennium Development Goalsmisleading controversies over private versus public provision of water and sanitationthe principles of water governance and the dangers of promot
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  Ecological urbanization

  Human Settlements Programme, 2006

  This briefing paper explores the current debates on urban environmental and ecological issues.
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  Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania

  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 areas rather than improved them.

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