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1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) : illustrations |
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Urban poverty and governance in an era of globalization, decentralization, and democratization / Nick Devas -- Economic growth, urban poverty, and city governance / Ursula Grant -- Surviving in the city : livelihoods and linkages of the urban poor / Jo Beall -- Urban politics : exclusion or empowerment? / Carole Rakodi -- Urban government : capacity, resources, and responsiveness / Nick Devas -- Civil society organizations : do they make a difference to urban poverty? / Diana Mitlin -- Regulating the informal sector : voice and bad governance / Philip Amis -- Accessing land and services : exclusion or entitlement? / Fiona Nunan and Nick Devas |
| Summary |
Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily growing share of the world's poor people an international team of researchers focused their attention on the hitherto little-studied relationship between urban governance and urban poverty. In their timely and in-depth examination of ten cities in Africa Asia and Latin America they demonstrate that in many countries the global trends towards decentralization and democratization offer new opportunities for the poor to have an influence on t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Urban poor -- Developing countries
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Poverty -- Developing countries
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Municipal government -- Developing countries
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics.
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Municipal government
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Poverty
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Urban poor
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Devas, Nick
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| LC no. |
2004004915 |
| ISBN |
9781849773683 |
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1849773688 |
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9781853839931 |
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1853839930 |
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9781853839924 |
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1853839922 |
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1417583339 |
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9781417583331 |
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9781136549250 |
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1136549250 |
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9781136549298 |
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1136549293 |
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9781136549304 |
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1136549307 |
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1280475994 |
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9781280475993 |
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9786610475995 |
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6610475997 |
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6000002807 |
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9786000002800 |
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