Title Home-based economic activities and Caribbean urban livelihoods : vulnerability, ambition and impact in Paramaribo and Port of Spain / Hebe Joanna Louisa Maria Verrest

Published Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago; 4. Caribbean Urban Livelihoods; 5. Home-Based Economic Activities; 6. Organisins HBEAs; 7. HBEAs, Institutions and Social Relations; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix; Samenvatting Summary A study of the importance of home-based economic activities to Caribbean urban livelihoods, surveying the way low-income households organise such activities, and the role of institutions and policies involved in the process Notes Publication of book was made possible by a grant from WOTRO (Science for Global Development) of the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) and AMIDSt (Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam Academisch Proefschrift--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2007 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-298) Notes Print version record Subject Urban poor -- Economic aspects -- Suriname Urban poor -- Economic aspects -- Trinidad and Tobago Community development, Urban -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries Urban poor -- Social aspects -- Suriname Urban poor -- Social aspects -- Trinidad and Tobago SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness. Community development, Urban -- Economic aspects Thuiswerk. Onderontwikkeling. Kwetsbaarheid. Developing countries Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Suriname (land) Trinidad en Tobago. Genre/Form dissertations. Academic theses Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789048501960 9048501962 1281990914 9781281990914

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