Confronting crisis : a comparative study of household responses to poverty and vulnerability in four poor urban communities /

Confronting crisis : a comparative study of household responses to poverty and vulnerability in four poor urban communities /

Understanding how the poor respond to economic crisis has become increasingly important, especially for governments and donors. This understanding can help ensure that interventions aimed at reducing poverty complement and strengthen people's own inventive solutions rather than substitute for o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moser, Caroline O N
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, D.C. : 1996
Series:Environmentally sustainable development studies and monographs series ;
Subjects:
ALIVIO DE LA POBREZA
COMUNIDADES URBANAS
CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS
CONDICIONES SOCIALES
ANALISIS COMPARATIVO
MITIGACION DE LA POBREZA
REDUCCION DE LA POBREZA
ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Executive summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • Pt. 1. Conceptual framework and socioeconomic characteristics of the four communities: 2. Poverty and vulnerability
  • Pt. 2. Household coping strategies: 3. Labor as an asset
  • 4. Economic and social infrastructure as an asset
  • 5. Housing as an asset
  • 6. Household relations as an asset
  • 7. Inequalities in household responses
  • 8. Social capital as an asset
  • 9. Priorities for action
  • Appendixes
  • Notes
  • References
  • Boxes
  • Figures
  • Tables.

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