Shack/Slum Dwellers international: One experience of the contribution of membership organisations to pro-poor urban development

Membership Based Organizations of the Poor

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 221-239

  D'Cruz, Celine ^a   Mitlin, Diana ^b,c  

^a Slum Dwellers International ^*  (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34848905228     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203934074     Document Type: Chapter

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