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Local initiatives and poverty reduction in urban areas: the example of Yeumbeul in Senegal
Author(s) -
Soumaré Mohamed
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international social science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.237
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1468-2451
pISSN - 0020-8701
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2451.00378
Subject(s) - poverty reduction , neighbourhood (mathematics) , poverty , urban poverty , economic growth , development economics , political science , geography , socioeconomics , sociology , economics , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Most urban areas have today reached a stage where the essential need is to come up with lasting remedies for their dilapidated facilities, intra–urban disparities, and the spread of urban poverty. This article offers a brief analysis of the particular approach to poverty reduction adopted by several civil society organisations in Yeumbeul, a deprived neighbourhood on the outskirts of Dakar in Senegal.