Urban governance, voice, and poverty in the developing world /

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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 relat...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Devas, Nick
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2004.
Subjects:
Urban poor > Developing countries.
Poverty > Developing countries.
Municipal government > Developing countries.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Municipal government
Poverty
Urban poor
Developing countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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