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 language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Re-aligning Actors in an Urbanized World |
| Subtitle of host publication | Governance and Institutions from a Development Perspective |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd (UK) |
| Chapter | 20 |
| Pages | 403-421 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315181974 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781138742994 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Feb 2018 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 1 No Poverty
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