Poverty and Vulnerability in Dhaka Slums: The Urban Livelihoods Study

Contents: Introduction Poverty and vulnerability Study design and methods Livelihood clusters Marital instability Child labour Female workforce and the family Investing in health Work disabling morbidity Strategies for coping with costs of work disabling ill health among household heads Women's negotiation control and well-being within the households Factors affecting adult body mass index Investing in children's nutritional status Intra-household distribution of nutritional vulnerability Managing financial shocks and stresses Policy implications Bibliography Index.