The rise and decline of an urban poverty unit in the Dutch ministry of development cooperation

Joop De Wit*

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Abstract

In November 1989 a special departmental section in charge of urban poverty alleviation was created within the Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation. This was quite an important break with the past, as Dutch aid policy had almost exclusively been aimed at rural development, to the neglect of urban issues - until then. The new urban unit was named Spear­ head Program for Urban Poverty Alleviation, thus emphasizing the focus on poverty - rather than on urban development in general - in developing countries. The name implied an expectation that the unit would somewhat forcefully draw attention to issues of urban poverty, and develop and main­ stream effective policy to that effect.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRe-aligning Actors in an Urbanized World
Subtitle of host publicationGovernance and Institutions from a Development Perspective
PublisherTaylor & Francis Ltd
Chapter20
Pages403-421
Number of pages19
ISBN (Electronic)9781315181974
ISBN (Print)9781138742994
Publication statusPublished - 6 Feb 2018

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