Download This PaperUrban Poverty in East Africa: Comparative Analysis of the Trajectories of Nairobi and Kampala
19 Pages Posted: 5 Feb 2011
Date Written: 2004
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to document and explain the changing nature of urban poverty in East Africa since 1970, in particular in the two cities of Kampala and Nairobi. It will argue that the concept of proleterianization is helpful in understanding the changes in urban poverty and politics.
Keywords: international comparisons, urban areas
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Amis, Philip, Urban Poverty in East Africa: Comparative Analysis of the Trajectories of Nairobi and Kampala (2004). Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 39, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1754414 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1754414
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