Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Government of India, Om Prakash Mathur

Broschiertes Buch

State of the Urban Poor Report 2015

Gender and Urban Poverty

Beschreibung

The State of the Urban Poor Report 2015 has been envisaged keeping in mind the critical need to examine gender issues relevant to urban poverty alleviation practices and mechanisms, as well as to find ways of bringing gender sensitivity into the urban management practices in India. The papers in this volume focus on themes such as dimensions of urban poverty; current urban poverty alleviation approaches; gender, shelter, and property rights; urban livelihoods; ensuring urban safety through gender sensitive approach; and access to basic urban services through gender perspective.

Autor

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation is the apex authority of Government of India at the national level to formulate policies, sponsor and support programme, coordinate the activities of various Central Ministries, State Governments, and other nodal authorities, and monitor the programmes concerning all the issues of urban employment, poverty, and housing in the country. Om Prakash Mathur is a Distinguished Professor of Urban Economics at the National Institute of Urban Affairs, New Delhi, India. He has held the IDFC Chair in Urban Economics and Finance at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi for over 15 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 218mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780199466719
• ISBN-10: 0199466718
• Artikelnr.: 47865900