Capital, capacities and collaboration: the multiple roles of community savings in addressing urban poverty
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, 62 pages
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English
Published: October 2011
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ISBN: 9781843698289
Product code:10611IIED
This paper discusses ideas and methodologies on reducing urban poverty, paying particular attention to the changes that can be triggered by the practice of community savings. As local communities struggle to improve their development options, this practice has demonstrated staying power and relevance in many different nations, cities and contexts, in some cases producing lasting transformation.
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Mitlin, D., Satterthwaite, D. and Bartlett, S.
(2011).
Capital, capacities and collaboration: the multiple roles of community savings in addressing urban poverty.
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