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Rapid assessments in urban areas

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  • Garrett, James L.
  • Downen, Jeanne

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The diversity of urban areas presents substantial challenges to the validity of information from rapid assessments, yet CARE's experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggest a number of ways that rapid assessment procedures can be strengthened to address these concerns.

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  • Garrett, James L. & Downen, Jeanne, 2001. "Rapid assessments in urban areas," FCND briefs 107, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    2. Mduma, John K. & Wobst, Peter, 2005. "Village Level Labor Market Development in Tanzania: Evidence from Spatial Econometrics," Discussion Papers 276260, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF).
    3. Nicola Banks, 2012. "Urban poverty in Bangladesh: causes, consequences and coping strategies," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 17812, GDI, The University of Manchester.

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