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Empowering Squatter Citizen : Local Government, Civil Society and Urban Poverty Reduction /
With the rapid growth in urban poverty in Africa, Asia and Latin America, most cities now have 30 to 60 per cent of their population living in shanty towns. The civil and political rights of these people are either ignored or constantly contravened. They face multiple deprivations, including hunger,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Empowering Squatter Citizen Local Government, Civil Society and Urban Poverty Reduction; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction; What this book is about; Why focus on urban areas?; The eight case studies; Understanding urban poverty; Local organizations' and external agencies' orientations to urban poverty reduction; Conclusions; Part II: Government Initiatives.
- Chapter 2 A Decade of Change: From the Urban Community Development Office to the Community Organization Development Institute in ThailandIntroduction; The emergence of the Urban Community Development Office; Setting up the UCDO; From crises to opportunities; Results and impacts for housing; Expansion, follow-up and the transition to CODI; Chapter 3 The Community Mortgage Programme: An Innovative Social Housing Programme in the Philippines and Its Outcomes; Introduction; Institutional and policy context; Decentralization of social housing to local governments: achievements and challenges.
- The CMP beneficiaries and their communities: socio-political and economic impactsConclusions; Chapter 4 The Mexican National Popular Housing Fund; Introduction; The FONHAPO vision and its context; FONHAPO's aims and achievements, 1982-1988; The impact of FONHAPO; FONHAPO's demise during the 1990s: housing policy versus poor relief; Conclusions; Chapter 5 Participation and Sustainability in Social Projects: The Experience of the Local Development Programme in Nicaragua; Introduction; The Local Development Programme (PRODEL); The community participation model; Lessons learned.
- Part III: Civil Society InitiativesChapter 6 The Work of the Anjuman Samaji Behbood in Faisalabad, Pakistan; Introduction; Background; The development of the Anjuman Samaji Behbood's work in Dhuddiwala; Repercussions of the water and sanitation programmes; Results of OPP replication projects outside Karachi; Reasons for ASB's comparative success; Relevance, constraints and future directions; Chapter 7 Municipal Programme for the Reform and Extension of Homes: Casa Melhor/PAAC Cearah Periferia, Brazil; Introduction; Background; The four case studies; History and description of the programme.
- Analysis of the programmeConclusions; Chapter 8 The Age of Cities and Organizations of the Urban Poor: The Work of the South African Homeless People's Federation; Introduction; The challenge and the opportunity; South African poverty and homelessness; Origins of the Homeless People's Federation; The work of the federation; What has been achieved?; Income generation and employment; Unpicking the change processes; Locating the alliance's approach; Conclusions; Chapter 9 Grassroots-driven Development: The Alliance of SPARC, the National Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan; Introduction.