Ordinary Families, Extraordinary Lives : Assets and Poverty Reduction in Guayaquil, 1978-2004 /

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"Longitudinal account of five families strategically accumulating assets to escape poverty in Guayaquil. Captures the causes and consequences of these developments through economic data and anthropological narrative, within the broader context of political, economic, and spatial changes in Ecua...

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Main Author: Moser, Caroline O. N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Saving and investment.
Poverty > Government policy.
Poverty.
Poor.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Aide au developpement economique regional > Équateur > Guayaquil > Études de cas.
Pauvrete > Politique gouvernementale > Équateur > Guayaquil > Études de cas.
Pauvres > Équateur > Guayaquil > Études de cas.
Pauvrete > Équateur > Guayaquil > Études de cas.
Economic assistance, Domestic > Ecuador > Guayaquil > Case studies.
Poverty > Government policy > Ecuador > Guayaquil > Case studies.
Poor > Ecuador > Guayaquil > Case studies.
Poverty > Ecuador > Guayaquil > Case studies.
Saving and investment > Ecuador > Guayaquil > Case studies.
Ecuador > Guayaquil.
Guayaquil (Ecuador) > Social policy > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Longitudinal account of five families strategically accumulating assets to escape poverty in Guayaquil. Captures the causes and consequences of these developments through economic data and anthropological narrative, within the broader context of political, economic, and spatial changes in Ecuador. Covers such issues as housing, employment, family dynamics, violence, and emigration"--Provided by publisher
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780815704201

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