Urban Poverty In The Caribbean
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Urban Poverty In The Caribbean
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Author : Michel S. Laguerre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Urban Poverty In The Caribbean written by Michel S. Laguerre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with categories.
Urban Poverty In The Caribbean
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Author : Michel S. Laguerre
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 1990
Urban Poverty In The Caribbean written by Michel S. Laguerre and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Fort-de-France (Martinique) categories.
Urban Poverty And Habitat Precariousness In The Caribbean
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Author : Robin Rajack
language : en
Publisher: Santiago, Chile : Naciones Unidas
Release Date : 2004
Urban Poverty And Habitat Precariousness In The Caribbean written by Robin Rajack and has been published by Santiago, Chile : Naciones Unidas this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Caribe (Región) categories.
This report focuses on urban poverty and habitat precariousness in the Caribbean countries with an emphasis on current and former British territories. Divided into three chapters, it looks at the different sets of related indicators analyzing available information on habitat conditions. Preliminary profiles of informal settlements are given for Trinidad, Jamaica, and Guyana. It includes an analysis of land markets, their structure, evolution, and tendencies, and their impact on land access by poor families and on spatial exclusion. It evaluates different types of upgrading and land regularization programs and compares their operation in different countries and develops guidelines to improve regularization policies in the Caribbean region.
Urban Poverty And Violence In Jamaica
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Author : Caroline O. N. Moser
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Urban Poverty And Violence In Jamaica written by Caroline O. N. Moser and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Social Science categories.
This report conducts a comprehensive analysis of India's stabilization and reform program over the past five years, describing a successful transition from central planning to a more open and deregulated economy. In addition to the progress the country has made, the report cites challenges to future growth and points to areas of priority action, such as improving urban services and investing in human capital. The report addresses specific topics, including (i) fiscal consolidation and debt dynamics; (ii) public expenditure and tax reforms; (iii) money and bond markets; (iv) contractual savings institutions; (v) agricultural trade liberalization and rural development; (vi) investing in private infrastructure; and (vii) the external environment and India's export competitiveness.
The Urban Poor In Latin America
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Author : Marianne Fay
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2005
The Urban Poor In Latin America written by Marianne Fay and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
About half of the region's poor live in cities, and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programmes and policies to tackle poverty. This publication argues that the causes of poverty, the nature of deprivation, and the policy levers to fight poverty are, to a large extent, site specific. It therefore focuses on strategies to assist the urban poor in making the most of the opportunities offered by cities, such as larger labour markets and better services, while helping them cope with the negative aspects, such as higher housing costs, pollution, risk of crime and less social capital.
Urban Poverty And Violence In Jamaica
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Author : Caroline Moser
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Group
Release Date : 1998-03-31
Urban Poverty And Violence In Jamaica written by Caroline Moser and has been published by World Bank Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-31 with Social Science categories.
Crime And Violence As Development Issues In Latin America And The Caribbean
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Author : Robert L. Ayres
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1998
Crime And Violence As Development Issues In Latin America And The Caribbean written by Robert L. Ayres and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Political Science categories.
Crime and violence have emerged in recent years as major obstacles to development objectives in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. The paper explicates an agenda for future work that may assist LAC countries by discussing 'policy domains' where action is required. Such domains include reducing urban poverty, targeting efforts on 'at-risk' groups, building or rebuilding social capital, strengthening municipal capacity for combating crime and violence, and reforming the criminal justice system.
Home Based Economic Activities And Caribbean Urban Livelihoods
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Author : Hebe Verrest
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2007
Home Based Economic Activities And Caribbean Urban Livelihoods written by Hebe Verrest and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
Poor urban households in the economic 'south' deploy various livelihood activities. One of these is a Home-Based Economic Activity (HBEA), e.g. sales of home-made snacks or car maintenance. This study examines the prevalence, organisation and relevance of HBEAs in four neighbourhoods in the Caribbean cities Paramaribo (Suriname) and Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago). Recent economic developments in these countries diverge; Suriname recovers slowly from a crisis while Trinidad and Tobago's economy is buoyant. These economic features together with local political developments have produced distinct institutional contexts. This gives ground for a comparison between the two cities. In addition, the study discusses the relevance of currently popular policies on entrepreneurship and micro-finance. The above issues have been assessed through use of multiple quantitative and qualitative methods. The study shows that forty percent of households in the examined neighbourhoods earn money through operating HBEAs. These are mainly operated by women and assist households in improving their livelihoods from a level of survival to a level of security. Most HBEA-operators aim at earning additional incomes and reducing vulnerability. Only a small group meets the image of the classic operator who innovates, takes risk and aims at growth and profit. The two groups organize their HBEA in very distinct ways. Differences between Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago are small. First of all economic growth has limited impact on assets and vulnerability of low-income groups. Moreover, policies aiming at stimulation of entrepreneurship such as micro-credit are relevant to classic entrepreneurs and not to the largegroup of security-seeking HBEA-operators.
Left Behind
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Author : Renos Vakis
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2016-07-26
Left Behind written by Renos Vakis and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-26 with Business & Economics categories.
One out of every five Latin Americans or around 130 million people have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4-a-day throughout their lives. These are the region ́s chronically poor, who have remained so despite unprecedented inroads against poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean since the turn of the century. Left Behind: Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean takes a closer look at the region’s entrenched poor, who and where they are, and how existing policies need to change in order to effectively assist them. The book shows significant variations of rates of chronic poverty both across and within countries. Within a single country, some regions show incidence rates up to eight times higher than the lowest. Despite the higher rates of chronic poverty in rural areas, chronic poverty is as much an urban as a rural issue. In fact, considering absolute numbers, urban areas in many countries, including Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic, have more chronic poor than rural areas. Undoubtedly the region has come a long way during the decade in terms of poverty reduction, guided by a mix of sustained growth and increased levels in amounts and quality of public spending and programs targeted directly or indirectly to the chronic poor. While improving endowments and the context where the chronic poor live is a necessary condition going forward, the decade’s experience suggests that it may not be enough to reach the chronic poor. The book posits that refinements to the existing policy toolkit †“ as opposed to more programs †“ may come a long way in helping the remaining poor. These refinements include intensifying efforts to improve coordination between different social and economic programs, which can boost the income generation process and deal with the intergenerational transmission of chronic poverty by investing in early childhood development. Equally important though, there is an urgent need to adapt programs to directly address the psychological toll of chronic poverty on people’s mindset and aspirations, which currently undermines the effectiveness of the existing policy efforts.
Poverty Reduction And Human Development In The Caribbean
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Author : Judy L. Baker
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Poverty Reduction And Human Development In The Caribbean written by Judy L. Baker and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Political Science categories.
World Bank Discussion Paper No. 366.Despite impressive success in improving living conditions in many Caribbean countries, poverty still persists throughout the region. This study seeks to improve our understanding of poverty in the Caribbean and the current efforts to address it. It analyzes the causes and characteristics of poverty in 15 Caribbean countries and reviews the experiences with the poverty and alleviation efforts that countries have pursued. Prepared for the 1996 meeting of the Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development, this report provides recommendations on how macroeconomic and social policies can be further oriented to reduce poverty and promote human resource development.