Ordinary families, extraordinary lives : assets and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, 1978 - 2004
Caroline O. N. Moser
| Year of publication: |
c 2009
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| Authors: | Moser, Caroline O. N. |
| Publisher: |
Washington, DC : Brookings Institution Press |
| Subject: | Armut | Poverty | Armutsbekämpfung | Poverty reduction | Lebensstandard | Standard of living | Privater Haushalt | Household | Ecuador | 1978-2004 |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Description [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | XX, 360, [16] S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 23 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Type of publication (narrower categories): | Fallstudie ; Case study |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-349) and index Introduction to Indio Guayas and the study -- Grappling with poverty : from asset vulnerability to asset accumulation -- A home of one's own : squatter housing as a physical asset -- Social capital, gender, and the politics of physical infrastructure -- Leadership, empowerment, and "community participation" in negotiating for social services -- Earning a living or getting by : labor as an asset -- Families and household social capital : reducing vulnerability and accumulating assets -- The impact of intrahousehold dynamics on asset vulnerability and accumulation -- Daughters and sons : intergenerational asset accumulation -- Migration to Barcelona and transnational asset accumulation -- Youth crime, gangs, and violent death : community responses to insecurity -- Research and policy lessons from Indio Guayas. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8157-0327-3 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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