Addressing urban poverty: Increasing incomes, reducing costs, and securing representation

Development in Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 204-215

  Mitlin, Diana ^a  

^a People's Dialogue on Land and Shelter   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING PROVISION; INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 0034113183     PISSN: 09614524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09614520050010232     Document Type: Article

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