02845nam 22005774a 450 991045036070332120200520144314.01-280-22118-697866102211890-8213-6070-1(CKB)1000000000031541(EBL)459443(OCoLC)559915135(SSID)ssj0000090069(PQKBManifestationID)12016626(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000090069(PQKBWorkID)10092787(PQKB)10191770(MiAaPQ)EBC459443(Au-PeEL)EBL459443(CaPaEBR)ebr10089216(CaONFJC)MIL22118(EXLCZ)99100000000003154120050203d2005 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe urban poor in Latin America[electronic resource] /Marianne Fay, editorWashington, D.C. World Bankc20051 online resource (284 p.)Directions in developmentDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6069-8 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Overview; 1 Urban Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: Setting the Stage; Tables; Boxes; Figures; 2 Working One's Way Up: The Urban Poor and the Labor Market; 3 Keeping a Roof over One's Head: Improving Access to Safe and Decent Shelter; 4 Violence, Fear, and Insecurity among the Urban Poor in Latin America; 5 Keeping Healthy in an Urban Environment: Public Health Challenges for the Urban Poor; 6 Relying on Oneself: Assets of the Poor; 7 Calling on Friends and Relatives: Social Capital; 8 Public Social Safety Nets and the Urban PoorThe urbanization of Latin America has also lead to the urbanization of its poor. Today about half of the region's poor live in cities. Yet the phenomenon of urban poverty is not one that is well studied or well understood and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programs and policies to tackle poverty. Urban Poor in Latin America argues that the causes of poverty, the nature of deprivation, and the policy levers to fight poverty are to a large extent site-specific. As such, the book looks at strategies to assist the urban poor in makingDirections in development (Washington, D.C.)Urban poorLatin AmericaElectronic books.Urban poor362.5/098/091732Fay Marianne949883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450360703321The urban poor in Latin America2147175UNINA