, housing improvement and poverty alleviation among the urban poor in informal housing settlement. Practical implications – WAT … access to housing, which is regarded as a poverty reduction asset.  …

poverty, segregation and redevelopment. The purpose of this paper is to appraise mixed‐income housing development with the … of criminalization of the poor as being not suitable to live side by side with the rich. Poverty and marginalization can …‐sectoral collaboration and partnership between the public and private sectors in addressing informal settlement challenge and urban poverty …

against urban poverty, through some established financial institutions and special public agencies in Nigeria. Originality …

poverty. Practical implications – For managers, this paper provides insights not emphasizing a “fortune at the bottom of the …

absorption, while the welfare society measured by the Human Development Index (HDI), unemployment and poverty level. Findings The … the poverty rate in two and three years ahead, however, has no correlation with the unemployment. The effectiveness of … poverty. Harmony of spending also neglected to raise the HDI and to reduce the level of unemployment although it can alleviate …

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the poverty and vulnerability of poor urban communities living in Dhaka City …'s slums. Design/methodology/approach – Poverty line definition often conceptualises poverty in terms of income, consumption … paper argues that slum communities experience poverty and vulnerability in terms of income, consumption and asset which is …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to analyse the cross‐country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty across a … variables that may explain the cross‐country variation in the growth elasticity of poverty, the paper sets up a theoretical … the growth elasticity of poverty. Practical implications – Countries that reduce regulatory burdens, improve literacy …

development goal established in year 2000, of halving extreme poverty by 2015. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based in … goal of halving extreme poverty by 2015 seems to be a difficult, but attainable goal for Bolivia. Given the expected debt … policy autonomy, structural change, and distributive justice. Poverty reduction strategy is a combination of policies …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to reconcile the multidimensional nature of poverty with a population's cultural … to compare nested models. Findings – The results show that the observed differences in the dimensions of poverty … significantly, but not exclusively, result from differences in cultural valuation systems between groups. Culture influences poverty …