formulation. This policy is defined as public actions that protect the vulnerable and poor from adverse changes in the quality of life, especially in the provision of health, education, and housing.
The results from a research among the residents of different types of low-income housing zones point to some considerable variations in the housing careers of the city-born poor and the migrant poor in La Paz. Centrifugal mobility is the general
pattern for the low-income groups. Many migrants end up in the far periphery of the city's high plateau, and the migrant poor attain self-help ownership much more quickly than the city-born poor.
Regulating water services for the poor : the case of Amman
A private management contractor was introduced to Amman, along with a form of economic regulation. The paper investigates the status of water supply service and regulatory arrangements with respect to poor and vulnerable consumers. It identifies
specific regulatory challenges. In its extremes of connection coverage, water scarcity and population, the management of water supply presages the pro-poor water service challenge of many economies irrespective of the extent to which they may achieve
Anti-poverty measures in Sri Lanka founded on the international discourse of poverty and development do not serve the interests of poor people. This discourse begins by locating poor people in a distinct poverty sector and proceeds to examine its
In earlier decades, the concentration and central location of the Skid Row hotels fastered a variety of economic and social resources that enabled poor residents to obtain and protect a modest degree of autonomy. The destruction of these hotels
in the 1960s and 1970s wiped out these communities for the very poor. Today, they seek shelter throughout the city.