Ordinary families, extraordinary lives : assets and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, 1978-2004 /

Ordinary families, extraordinary lives : assets and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, 1978-2004 /

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Author / Creator:Moser, Caroline O. N.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
Description:xx, 360 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, photos. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Saving and investment -- Ecuador -- Guayaquil -- Case studies.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Poor.
Poverty.
Poverty -- Government policy.
Saving and investment.
Social policy.
Poverty -- Ecuador -- Guayaquil -- Case studies.
Poor -- Ecuador -- Guayaquil -- Case studies.
Poverty -- Government policy -- Ecuador -- Guayaquil -- Case studies.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- Ecuador -- Guayaquil -- Case studies.
Guayaquil (Ecuador) -- Social policy -- Case studies.
Ecuador -- Guayaquil.
Case studies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7884341
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ISBN:9780815703273 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815703279 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-349) and index.
Summary:"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.

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