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Potential role of urban public transport in assets and employment creation for the poor
conference contribution
posted on 2009-01-16, 14:42 authored by M. Sohail (Khan)Alleviation of poverty is the key objective of any international development
policy. The strategy adopted by donors such as the Department for International
Development (DFID), can be summarised as (DFID white paper on international
devleopment):
Policies and actions which promote sustainable livelihoods
Better education, health and opportunities for poor people
Protection and better management of the natural and physical environment
To translate policies into actions on ground, understanding the ground realities,
historical and socio-economic context is necessary. A holistic and integrated
approach is proposed to be more beneficial as compared to the purely sectoral
approach to identify the key policies and practices to improve the livelihoods of
the poor. One such approach is sustainable livelihoods (SL). This study briefly
reports on the findings of applications of such approach on the issue of urban
public transport.
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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- Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC)
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SOHAIL, M., 2001. Potential role of urban public transport in assets and employment creation for the poor. IN: First International Conference on Employment Creation in Development, Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, pp. 169-179.Publisher
© Research Centre for Employment Creation in Construction, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of the WitwatersrandVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2001Notes
This is a conference paper.ISBN
0620273534;9780620273534Language
- en
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