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999 _c55691
_d55691
020 _a9781844071012
082 _a362.5
_bMIT
100 _aMitlin, Diana Ed.
_965274
245 _aEmpowering squatter citizen : local government, civil society and urban poverty reduction
260 _aLondon
_bEarthscan
_c2004
300 _axxi,313p.
505 _aCONTENTS 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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700 _aSatterthwaite, David Ed.
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890 _aUK
891 _aGratis
942 _2ddc