Latin American urban violence as a development concern: Towards a framework for violence reduction

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-112

  Moser, Caroline O N ^a,b   McIlwaine, Cathy ^c  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colombia; Guatemala; Latin America; Urban; Violence; Violence reduction interventions

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 30344484583     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.07.012     Document Type: Article

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