A Qualitative Assessment of Support Mechanisms in Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
- 27 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Poverty
- Vol. 9 (3) , 89-107
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j134v09n03_05
Abstract
Urban poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is highly concentrated in an increasingly isolated segment of the population living in sprawling slum settlements and shanty towns of most cities. The extreme de...Keywords
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