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No AccessWorld Bank Latin American and Caribbean Studies1 Feb 2013Urban Poverty and Violence in JamaicaAuthors/Editors: Caroline Moser, Jeremy HollandCaroline Moser, Jeremy Hollandhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-3870-6SectionsAboutPDF (0.6 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:This report, based primarily on a 1995 University of the West Indies participatory study, focuses on the complex relationship between violence and urban poverty in Jamaica. The government established the Jamaican Social Investment Fund (JSIF) in 1996, with the primary goal of reducing poverty and helping to create an environment for sustainable national development. To incorporate the voices of the urban poor in the JSIF project design, the study used a Participatory Urban Appraisal (PUA) methodology with fieldwork in five communities broadly representing Jamaica ' s poor areas. The study ' s specific objective was to elicit and identify perceptions of four different aspects of violence on employment, the economic and social infrastructure, and local social institutions, and the perceived means by which government, communities, households, and individuals could work to reduce violence. The PUA demonstrates that poor Jamaicans perceive the two assets -labor and social capital- as integrally linked in self-perpetuating cycles. As long as violence results in area stigma and as long as it keeps people locked in their communities, afraid to venture far from home, residents of these poor areas cannot access existing jobs, businesses are reluctant to invest in their communities, children have trouble getting to school, and the communities themselves are unlikely to improve their neighborhoods by investing in housing and other local infrastructure. 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New methods we now need? 1Studies in Cultures, Organizations and Societies, Vol.4, No.2URBAN AGRICULTURE AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION: SOUTH AFRICAN DEBATES / SUID-AFRIKAANSE DEBATTE OOR STEDELIKE LANDBOUENDIE VERLIGTING VAN STEDELIKE ARMOEDEAgrekon, Vol.37, No.24 May 2010 View Published: February 1997ISBN: 978-0-8213-3870-4 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsLatin America & CaribbeanRelated CountriesBarbadosJamaicaRelated TopicsHealth Nutrition and PopulationSocial DevelopmentSocial Protections and Labor KeywordsVIOLENCEURBAN POVERTYCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONCOMMUNITY RELATIONSHUMAN CAPITALEDUCATIONAL REFORMSADOLESCENT PREGNANCYTRAININGASSETSPARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSCHILD CAREPOLICEPOVERTY MITIGATIONHOUSINGLOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDSFAMILY ENVIRONMENTJAMAICALATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANCHILD ABUSEDOMESTIC VIOLENCEGIRLSINTERPERSONAL VIOLENCESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTTEENAGE PREGNANCYYOUNG MENYOUNG WOMENYOUTH PDF DownloadLoading ...
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