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Pages: 284
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About half of the region's poor live in cities, and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programmes
Regularization of Informal Settlements in Latin America
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Pages: 48
Authors: Edesio Fernandes
Categories: Political Science
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In large Latin American cities the number of dwellings in informal settlements ranges from one-tenth to one-third of urban residences. These informal settlement
Left Behind
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Pages: 192
Authors: Renos Vakis
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-07-26 - Publisher: World Bank Publications

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One out of every five Latin Americans or around 130 million people have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4-a-day throughout their li
Reducing Poverty, Protecting Livelihoods, and Building Assets in a Changing Climate
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Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change and variability threaten to reverse rec
Rethinking the Informal City
Language: en
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Authors: Felipe Hernández
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Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the