Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South

This is the first book to review the effectiveness of different approaches to reducing urban poverty in the Global South. It describes and discusses the different ways in which national and local governments, international agencies and civil society organizations are seeking to reduce urban poverty. This will be an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in urban development, poverty reduction, urban geography, and practitioners and organisations working in...
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This is the first book to review the effectiveness of different approaches to reducing urban poverty in the Global South. It describes and discusses the different ways in which national and local governments, international agencies and civil society organizations are seeking to reduce urban poverty. This will be an invaluable resource for researchers and postgraduate students in urban development, poverty reduction, urban geography, and practitioners and organisations working in urban development programmes in the Global South.