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Focusing on the urban poor

Synonyms:
Concentrating on urban poverty
Broader:
Focusing
Providing the poor with services
Narrower:
Employing urban poor
Reducing urban poverty
Improving health for urban poor
Improving shelter for urban poor
Studying causes of urban poverty
Supporting community based programmes for the poor
Improving services infrastructure in poor urban areas
Constrains:
Segregating poor and minority population in urban ghettos
Facilitated by:
Tackling poverty through environmental health measures
Values:
Poverty
Organizations:
International Forum on Urban Poverty
International Network of the Poor for Urban Transformation
Servants to Asia's Urban Poor
Network on Services for the Urban Poor
Subjects:
Society → Disadvantaged
Amenities → Urban
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

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