Alleviating Urban Poverty by Mobilizing Neighborhood Labor

Abstract:     
The ongoing problem of urban poverty has resisted almost all attempts at finding a solution. This paper proposes that by mobilizing the available labor in a poor urban neighborhood, poverty can be alleviated. This will require a motivated community organizer along with community leaders who together will organize community work teams which operate by issuing a local neighborhood currency that is backed by the work teams' labor.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 10

Keywords: Poverty, urban poverty, alleviating poverty

JEL Classification: A10, D10, D60, E20, I31, I38, J40, L30, O10, P40

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