Support for livelihood strategies

Urban Livelihoods: A People-centred Approach to Reducing Poverty

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 112-132

  Rutherford, Stuart ^a   Harper, Malcolm ^b   Grierson, John ^c,d  

^a SafeSave   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Entec AG   (Switzerland)

^d FTP International Ltd   (Finland)

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