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

"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....

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Main Author: Moser, Caroline O. N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
Saving and investment > Ecuador > Guayaquil > Case studies.
Guayaquil (Ecuador) > Social policy > 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.
Saving and investment.
Social policy.
Poverty.
Poor.
Poverty > Government policy.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Ecuador > Guayaquil.
Case studies.
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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