Aufstellung eines theoretischen Rahmens für die Untersuchung von Selbsthilfe-Projekten im Wohnungsbau und empirische Analyse eines Fallbeispiels auf der Grundlage von Daten aus El Salvador. Ermittlung des Werts der unbezahlten Arbeit im Vergleich zum Lohnniveau des freien Markts und Bestimmung...

In the U.S. and other high-income countries, where most of the population lives in urban areas, there is intense scholarly and program interest in the effects of household and neighborhood living standards on health. Yet very few studies of developing-country cities have examined these issues....

In the demographic literature on developing countries, studies of mortality perceptions are conspicuous by their absence. Perhaps it has been assumed that when mortality declines, the decline will be quickly recognized by individuals and will then influence their demographic decisions. The...