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

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

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Imprint:London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 224 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:
Urban poor -- Developing countries.
Poverty -- Developing countries.
Municipal government -- Developing countries.
Municipal government.
Poverty.
Urban poor.
Developing countries.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11298261
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Other authors / contributors:Devas, Nick.
ISBN:9781849773683
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.
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Summary: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 relationship between urban governance and urban poverty. In their timely and in-depth examination of ten cities in Africa Asia and Latin America they demonstrate that in many countries the global trends towards decentralization and democratization offer new opportunities for the poor to have an influence on t.
Other form:Print version: Urban governance, voice, and poverty in the developing world. London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2004
Standard no.:10.4324/9781849773683
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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