240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface; Introduction; Urban Poverty and Governance in an Era of Globalization, Decentralization and Democratization; Economic Growth, Urban Poverty and City Governance; Surviving in the City: Livelihoods and Linkages of the Urban Poor; Urban Politics: Exclusion or Empowerment? Urban Government: Capacity, Resources and Responsiveness; Civil Society Organizations: Do They Make a Difference to Urban Poverty? Regulating the Informal Sector: Voice and Bad Governance; Accessing Land and Services: Exclusion or Entitlement? Conclusions: Urban Governance, Voice and Poverty * Annex 1: Research Methodology * Annex 2: Urban Governance, Partnerships and Poverty Research * References * Index
Biography
Nick Devas is Director of the International Development Department of the School of Public Policy at the University of Birmingham.
