Learning about women and urban services in Latin America and the Caribbean : a report on the women, low-income households and urban services project of the Population Council

This volume is meant to function as a "reader" which transmits the tenor of each of the 14 projects studied and their key activities. The volume contains 18 articles, the first 3 providing an overview of the subject matter, the remainder treating, respectively, shelter and environment (7 articles), food distribution (4 articles), and facilitation of low-income women"s access to other services (4 articles). To provide greater breadth to the presentation, several of the articles were written, upon invitation, by researchers from the Equity Policy Center (Washington, D.C.), the Development Planning Unit (University College, London), and the International Center for Research on Women (Washington, D.C.). Longer versions of almost every article, some of which were originally written in English and some in Spanish, are available. Appendices provide a summary of projects; a list of project documents, working group members, and meetings; and author descriptions.