TY  - GEN
AU  - Mitlin, Diana Ed.
AU  - Satterthwaite, David  Ed.
TI  - Empowering squatter citizen : local government, civil society and urban poverty reduction
SN  - 9781844071012
U1  - 362.5 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - London
PB  - Earthscan
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
List of Tables, figures and Boxes   vi
About the Authors   ix
Preface xii
Acknowledgements   xvii
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations     xix
Part I: Introduction 
1.Introduction            3-19
Part II Government Initiatives 
2. A Decade of Change: from the Urban Community Development Office to the Community Organization Development Institute in Thailand                  25-49
3. The Community Mortgage Programme: An Innovative Social Housing Programme in the Philippines and Its Outcomes               54-79
4. The Mexican National Popular Housing Fund                     82-107
5. Participation and Sustainability in Social Projects: the Experience of the Local Development Programme in Nicaragua                112-131
Part III: Civil Society Initiatives 
6. The Work of the Anjuman Samaji Behbood in Faisalabad                     139-161
7. Municipal Programme for the Reform and Extension of Homes: Casa Melhor/PAAC Cearah Periferia, Brazil                     165-189
8. The Age of Cities and Organizations of the Urban Poor: The Work of the South African Homeless People's Federation                193-210
9. Grassroots-driven Development: the Alliance of SPARC, the National Slum Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan    216-238
Part IV: Drawing Some Conclusions 
10. Addressing Deprivations in Urban Areas                  245-271
11. The Role of Local and Extra-local Organizations           278-302
Index                  307


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