Poverty, violence and livelihood security in urban Colombia and Guatemala

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-130

  McIlwaine, Cathy ^a   Moser, Caroline ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colombia; Guatemala; livelihoods; poverty; security; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996189604     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1464993403ps056ra     Document Type: Article

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