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

Publication Data

• Title Ordinary families, extraordinary lives : assets and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, 1978-2004
• Author Caroline O. N. Moser
• Publisher Brookings Institution Press
• Publication date 2009
• Publication location Washington, D.C.
• Language English

Contents

Introduction 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.

Topics

• Saving and investment :: Ecuador :: Guayaquil :: Case studies
• 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
• Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Ordinary families, extraordinary lives : assets and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, 1978-2004 by Caroline O. N. Moser. ISBN 9780815703273. Published by Brookings Institution Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.