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Mexico - Income Generation and Social Protection for the Poor : Volume 2. Urban Poverty in Mexico
World Bank - 2012
Half of the moderately poor, and one third of the extremely poor now live in urban areas in Mexico. While cities offer a number of opportunities and specific challenges for the poor, low quality and high costs restrict real access to basic public services. Yet, the urban-rural distinctions need...
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Integrated urban upgrading for the poor : the experience of Ribeira Azul, Brazil
Baker, Judy L. - 2006
, Brazil. Infrastructure and social investments have been made in the community through a government program, with community …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522199
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Attacking Brazil's Poverty : A Poverty Report with a Focus on Urban Poverty Reduction Policies, Volume 1. Summary Report
World Bank - 2013
The first central message of this report is that Brazil has over the last years achieved great progress in its social … policies and indicators. The second central message is that poverty remains unacceptably high for a country with Brazil … urban and rural areas. The third central message is that, with decisive action, Brazil can achieve ambitious targets for …
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Brazil - Attacking Brazil's Poverty : A Poverty Report with a Focus on Urban Poverty Reduction Policies (Vol. 2 of 2) - Main Report
World Bank - 2013
The first central message of this report is that Brazil has over the last years achieved great progress in its social … policies and indicators. The second central message is that poverty remains unacceptably high for a country with Brazil … urban and rural areas. The third central message is that, with decisive action, Brazil can achieve ambitious targets for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558626
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Brazil : Youth at Risk in Brazil, Volume 1. Policy Briefing
World Bank - 2012
and of the correspondence to youth development policy and programming in Brazil. …
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Brazil Gender Review : Issues and Recommendations
World Bank - 2013
The report, which documents findings of a review on gender issues in Brazil, during 1999, and updated in 2001, is …
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Work, wages, and welfare in a developing metropolis : consequences of growth in Bogotá, Columbia
Mohan, Rakesh - 1986 - 1. print
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Shelter strategies for the urban poor in developing countries
Mayo, Stephen K. - 1986
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Climate change, disaster risk, and the urban poor : cities building resilience for a changing world
Baker, Judy L. (contributor) - 2012
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Dimensions of urban poverty in the Europe and Central Asia region
Infrastructure Department, Europe and Central Asia Region - 2006
"The objective of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the extent and nature of poverty in urban areas in transition countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, providing particular attention to the disparities within urban areas between capital cities and...
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