Urban Livelihoods
Subtitle: A People Centered Approach to Reducing Poverty
Contributors: Carole Rakodi (Editor); Tony Lloyd-Jones (Editor)
Publisher: Earthscan Publications
Published: May 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781853838613
Subjects: Development studies; Poverty; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Economic Conditions; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Urban poor; Sociology; Sociology - Urban; Public Policy - Social Policy; Developing countries; Community development, Urban
First sentence: The increased attention being paid to livelihoods in both research and policy follows from a wide recognition that few rural or urban households, especially poor households in middle- and low-income countries, rely on a single income-generating activity (farming or wage employment) to support themselves.