Poverty and vulnerability in Dhaka slums : the urban livelihood study /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pryer, Jane.
Imprint:	Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2003.
Description:	xvi, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Poor -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka. Poverty -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka. Slums -- Bangladesh -- Dhaka. Economic history. Poor. Poverty. Slums. Social conditions Dhaka (Bangladesh) -- Social conditions. Dhaka (Bangladesh) -- Economic conditions. Bangladesh -- Dhaka.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4970748

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ISBN:	0754618641 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-196) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Poverty and Vulnerability
2. Study Design and Methods
3. Livelihood Clusters
4. Marital Instability
5. Child Labour
6. Female Workforce and the Family
7. Investing in Health
8. Work Disabling Morbidity
9. Strategies for Coping with Costs of Work Disabling Ill Health among Household Heads
10. Women's Negotiation Control and Well-being within the Households
11. Factors Affecting Adult Body Mass Index
12. Investing in Children's Nutritional Status
13. Intra-household Distribution of Nutritional Vulnerability
14. Managing Financial Shocks and Stresses
15. Policy Implications
Bibliography
Index

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