Urban governance, voice, and poverty in the developing world / Nick Devas, with Philip Amis ... [et al.].

Contributor(s):

Devas, Nick

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan Publications, 2004.Description: xv, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781853839931 (pbk.)
1853839922 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

339.46091724 DEV 22 004857

LOC classification:

HV4173 .U725 2004

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Table of contents

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.

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."--Bookcover

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.

"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."--Bookcover

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