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Urban Poverty and Livelihoods : Background |
Poverty
is multidimensional and dynamic in all contexts. However,
the issues that affect urban poverty are very different from
those of rural areas. In an urban context, assets such as
cash and services, increased vulnerability due to insecure
tenure, environmental health problems and casual employment
assume greater importance. Tackling urban poverty requires
policy responses and approaches that relate closely to livelihood
issues such as these. Other considerations should include
economic growth and poor people's access to its benefits,
physical improvements, social inclusion in markets, social
safety nets and networks.
Read
more about the issues discussed in reports and papers from
the seminar held on 28 January 2002 in Birmingham UK.
We'd
be very interested to hear your ideas
/ reflections following the seminar and these can
be shared via the Post-it
Board
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