Author: University of Dhaka. Centre for Urban StudiesPublisher:
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Category : Urban poor
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Urban Poor in Bangladesh
Author: University of Dhaka. Centre for Urban StudiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban poor
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Urban Poor in Bangladesh: Comprehensive summary report
Author: UNICEF.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family life surveys
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Urban Poor in Bangladesh
Author: University of Dacca. Centre for Urban StudiesPublisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Poverty and Vulnerability in Dhaka Slums
Author: Jane A. PryerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351909584
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Bangladesh has low levels of urbanization but a high urban population in absolute terms, being one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Rapid urbanization in developing countries brings numerous problems and challenges; urban poverty is one important issue. This important volume presents the findings of a complex and revealing multidisciplinary cohort study conducted in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Detailed information was assembled on material, social and economic conditions, livelihoods, health and nutritional status. Together with associated qualitative work, the data forms the basis for understanding groups who are vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and stresses, and for differentiating strategies which might be adaptive in situations of hardship and scarcity. The author examines many aspects of poverty and vulnerability including livelihoods, work disabling illness and coping strategies, the female workforce, women’s negotiation and well being, marital instability, child labour, and investments in health and nutrition, and utilizes the assembled material to debate on policy options.
Addressing the Urban Poverty Agenda in Bangladesh
Author: Nazrul IslamPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
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Contributed articles.
Livelihoods at the Margins
Author: James StaplesPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315425289
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Sex workers, street hawkers, drug sellers, cleaners—they are people living on the margins of urban life who are ubiquitous but widely misunderstood and notably absent from mainstream economic analyses. In Livelihood on the Margins, anthropologists and practitioners engaged in hands-on development work use fine-grained ethnographic research to cut through the conventional narratives that romanticize, victimize, or demonize these populations. They go beyond the trendy “sustainable livelihoods” approach to development to examine the relationship between the agency people can actually wield over their own lives and the broader socio-political constraints that persistently push them to the margins. Making these multi-level connections across a wide range of world regions and situations, this volume shows how the micro-concerns of ordinary people might usefully guide the macro-concerns of governments, NGOs, and global institutions who are engineering large-scale social and economic development programs. Livelihood at the Margins is an engaging and eye-opening read for undergraduate and graduate students studying development in anthropology, sociology, geography, economics, and other disciplines, as well as a useful tool for developments studies researchers and practitioners.
Study of Urban Poverty in Bangladesh
Author: Nazrul IslamSocial Structure and Cultural Practices in Slums
Author: Tulshi Kumar DasPublisher: Northern Book Centre
ISBN: 9788172111106
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Investigates various aspects of Social Structure and Cultural Practices of Slum-dwellers in Dhaka city. It shows that social structure seems to be influencing the cultural life of slum dwellers.
Bangladesh Urban Studies
Author: Dhaka’s Changing Landscape
Author: Rita AfsarPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190991240
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Between 1991 and 2010, Dhaka’s population more than doubled to 15 million. Simultaneously, the city’s contribution to the national economy almost trebled. Clearly, population growth was accompanied by an unmistakable trend of economic growth, and a significant decline in urban poverty and income inequality. On the other hand, Dhaka’s high population density exacerbated serious environmental challenges, and it was soon ranked as one of the world’s least livable cities. In the context of these contradictory signals of rapid urbanization, Dhaka’s Changing Landscape sets to answer three most intriguing questions: Are the poorer segments of urban population, which migrate with dreams for better lives, benefitting from positive economic trends? Are these benefits sustainable? Are these benefits creating scope for this group to have a stake in the city’s growing prosperity? By studying 600 households and applying comparative analysis over a span of 20 years, the authors examine demographic and economic trends to understand the patterns, scale, and complexity of urban poverty, income inequality, and rural–urban migration. Going beyond the space and poverty debate, they enlighten the readers about the quality of life questions, sustainability matters, and gender and generational roles and relations necessary to understand qualitative transformation and migrants’ prospects for a better future.