1st Edition
Empowering Squatter Citizen Local Government, Civil Society and Urban Poverty Reduction
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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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, long hours working for inadequate incomes; illness, injury and premature deaths that arise from... Read more
Part I: Introduction � Introduction * Part II Government Initiatives � A Decade of Change: from the Urban Community Development Office to the Community Organization Development Institute in Thailand * The Community Mortgage Programme: An Innovative Social Housing Programme in the Philippines and Its Outcomes * The Mexican National Popular Housing Fund * Participation and Sustainability in Social Projects: the Experience of the Local Development Programme in Nicaragua * Part III: Civil Society Initiatives � The Work of the Anjuman Samaji Behbood in Faisalabad * Municipal Programme for the Reform and Extension of Homes: Casa Melhor/PAAC Cearah Periferia, Brazil * The Age of Cities and Organizations of the Urban Poor: The Work of the South African Homeless People's Federation * Grassroots-driven Development: the Alliance of SPARC, the National Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan * Part IV: Drawing Some Conclusions � Addressing Deprivations in Urban Areas * The Role of Local and Extra-local Organizations * Index
Biography
Diana Mitlin is an economist and social development specialist working at IIED and the Institute for Development Policy and Management at the University of Manchester. David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow at IIED and also teaches at the Development Planning Unit of University College London and the London School or Economics.
'An excellent collection.' Urban Studies 'An important contribution of the book is the reconceptualization of poverty in the development discourse.' Built Environment 'The book includes case studies of innovative government organizations and community-driven processes which illustrate more effective approaches to urban poverty reduction.' Peopleandplanet.net 'The editors wrap the collection with a briskly stimulating introduction and two more extended final chapters on urban poverty and the role of local and extra-local organisations.' M. Herbert, Institution of Civil Engineers.
