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001 2009030942
003 DLC
005 20100408124459.0
008 090801s2009 dcuab b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780815703273 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn368048280
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050 00 $aHC79.S3$bM67 2009
082 00 $a339.4/3092286632$222
100 1 $aMoser, Caroline O. N.
245 10 $aOrdinary families, extraordinary lives :$bassets and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, 1978-2004 /$cCaroline O.N. Moser.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$cc2009.
300 $axx, 360 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill., map ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 332-349) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction to Indio Guayas and the study -- Grappling with poverty : from asset vulnerability to asset accumulation -- A home of one's own : squatter housing as a physical asset -- Social capital, gender, and the politics of physical infrastructure -- Leadership, empowerment, and "community participation" in negotiating for social services -- Earning a living or getting by : labor as an asset -- Families and household social capital : reducing vulnerability and accumulating assets -- The impact of intrahousehold dynamics on asset vulnerability and accumulation -- Daughters and sons : intergenerational asset accumulation -- Migration to Barcelona and transnational asset accumulation -- Youth crime, gangs, and violent death : community responses to insecurity -- Research and policy lessons from Indio Guayas.
520 $a"Longitudinal account of five families strategically accumulating assets to escape poverty in Guayaquil. Captures the causes and consequences of these developments through economic data and anthropological narrative, within the broader context of political, economic, and spatial changes in Ecuador. Covers such issues as housing, employment, family dynamics, violence, and emigration"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aSaving and investment$zEcuador$zGuayaquil$vCase studies.
651 0 $aGuayaquil (Ecuador)$xSocial policy$vCase studies.
650 0 $aPoverty$zEcuador$zGuayaquil$vCase studies.
650 0 $aPoor$zEcuador$zGuayaquil$vCase studies.
650 0 $aPoverty$xGovernment policy$zEcuador$zGuayaquil$vCase studies.
650 0 $aEconomic assistance, Domestic$zEcuador$zGuayaquil$vCase studies.