Home-based economic activities and Caribbean urban livelihoods : vulnerability, ambition and impact in Paramaribo and Port of Spain / / Hebe Joanna Louisa Maria Verrest

• Autore: Verrest Hebe
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, : Amsterdam University Press, c2007
• Edizione: Rev. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (331 p.)
• Disciplina: 300
• Soggetto topico: Urban poor - Economic aspects - Suriname; Urban poor - Economic aspects - Trinidad and Tobago; Community development, Urban - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Urban poor - Social aspects - Suriname; Urban poor - Social aspects - Trinidad and Tobago; Thuiswerk; Onderontwikkeling; Kwetsbaarheid
• Soggetto geografico: Suriname (land); Trinidad en Tobago
• Classificazione: 73.30
• Note generali: Publication of book was made possible by a grant from WOTRO (Science for Global Development) of the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) and AMIDSt (Amsterdam Institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279 - 298).
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 3. Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago; 4. Caribbean Urban Livelihoods; 5. Home-Based Economic Activities; 6. Organisins HBEAs; 7. HBEAs, Institutions and Social Relations; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Appendix; Samenvatting
• Sommario/riassunto: A study of the importance of home-based economic activities to Caribbean urban livelihoods, surveying the way low-income households organise such activities, and the role of institutions and policies involved in the process.
• Titolo autorizzato: Home-based economic activities and Caribbean urban livelihoods
• ISBN: 1-281-99091-4; 9786611990916; 90-485-0196-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824435503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II