Title Slum Upgrading and Participation : Lessons from Latin America

Published Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 489 pages) : illustrations Series Directions in development Directions in development (Washington, D.C.) World Bank e-Library. Contents pt. I. Lessons from the Field -- 1. Facets of Participation -- 2. Case Summaries -- 3. Organizing Participation: The Project Level -- 4. Focusing on Process: Program Design and Rollout Strategies -- 5. Scaling Up: The Policy Level -- pt. II. Voices from the Field -- 6. Bolivia: The People's Participation Law -- 7. Brazil: The Guarapiranga Program, Sao Paulo -- 8. Costs Rica: FUPROVI's Habitat Popular Urbano Program, San Jose -- 9. Mexico: Community Upgrading Programs, Tijuana -- 10. Peru: The Self-Managed Urban Community of Villa El Salvador, Lima -- App. A. Sample Strategic Plan Outline -- App. B. Sample Operating Manual Outline Summary Annotation Over the years, the term private sector development has been misunderstood and misconstrued-variously vilified and sanctified. During the decade of the 1990s, the role of the private sector in economic development received increasing attention, with controversy surrounding such issues as privatization and corporate scandals. The Private Sector in Development: Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Competitive Disciplines provides the first comprehensive treatment of the topic. Central to the discussion is the design of public policy that promotes an appropriate balance between competition and regulation. This book places special emphasis on the means by which private initiative is channeled into socially useful directions, particularly job creation and basic service delivery for good people. Finally, there is discussion of the implications of private sector involvement for policies of development institutions. Written principally for policy makers and their advisers, The Private Sector in Development thoroughly explores the challenges inherent in creating public policy that encourages and enhances the development role of the private sector. If global poverty is to be reduced, the private sector, by almost unanimous assent these days, is crucial. The authors offer a broad-ranging and balanced assessment of how to build workable market mechanisms in developing countries. John McMillan Professor of Economics, Stanford University Author of Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-489) Notes English Print version record Subject Urban poor -- Housing -- Latin America Community development, Urban -- Latin America Slums -- Latin America Urban poor -- Housing -- Latin America -- Case studies Community development, Urban -- Latin America -- Case studies Slums -- Latin America -- Case studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays. Community development, Urban Slums Urban poor -- Housing Slum Bürgerbeteiligung Stedelijke ontwikkeling. Armoede. Bestrijding. Comunidade urbana -- América latina. Pobreza -- América latina. Habitação popular -- América latina. Latin America Lateinamerika Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Ruster, Jeff. LC no. 2003050072 ISBN 9780821353707 0821353705 0585485992 9780585485997 9786610086726 6610086729 1280086726 9781280086724

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