LEADER 02845nam 22005774a 450 001 9910450360703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-22118-6 010 $a9786610221189 010 $a0-8213-6070-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000031541 035 $a(EBL)459443 035 $a(OCoLC)559915135 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000090069 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12016626 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000090069 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10092787 035 $a(PQKB)10191770 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC459443 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL459443 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10089216 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL22118 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000031541 100 $a20050203d2005 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe urban poor in Latin America$b[electronic resource] /$fMarianne Fay, editor 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cWorld Bank$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 225 1 $aDirections in development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8213-6069-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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 Poor 330 $aThe urbanization of Latin America has also lead to the urbanization of its poor. Today about half of the region's poor live in cities. Yet the phenomenon of urban poverty is not one that is well studied or well understood and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programs and policies to tackle poverty. Urban Poor in Latin America argues that the causes of poverty, the nature of deprivation, and the policy levers to fight poverty are to a large extent site-specific. As such, the book looks at strategies to assist the urban poor in making 410 0$aDirections in development (Washington, D.C.) 606 $aUrban poor$zLatin America 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aUrban poor 676 $a362.5/098/091732 701 $aFay$b Marianne$0949883 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450360703321 996 $aThe urban poor in Latin America$92147175 997 $aUNINA