Urban Poverty and Violence in Jamaica

Author/creator Moser, Caroline Author
Other author Holland, Jeremy 1966- Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington : World Bank Publications
Description56 p. ill 11.000 x 08.500 in.
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SeriesLatin American and Carib Studies
Summary Annotation The importance of violence as a contributory factor to urban poverty in Jamaica has gone largely unresearched. This paper outlines the results of a study undertaken by the World Bank and the government of Jamaica to focus on the issue. The study uses a participatory urban appraisal methodology in five poor urban areas, mainly in Kingston, to identify and understand local community perceptions of four different aspects of violence: its causes; its interrelationship with poverty; its impact on employment, economic and social infrastructure, and local social institutions; and ways in which government, communities, households, and individuals can work to reduce it.
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LCCN 96040537
ISBN9780821338704
ISBN0821338706 (Trade Paper) Out of Print
Standard identifier# 9780821338704
Stock number13870 00028989

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