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POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY TN

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Income Generating Activities<br />

a. For the urban poor, small and micro enterprises can be an important source of<br />

income generation. Providing advice and infrastructure can increase the productivity<br />

of micro enterprises and their ability to operate in accordance with the safety and<br />

hygiene regulations.<br />

b. Providing access to credit to the slum dwellers including micro finance and through<br />

self help groups.<br />

c. Provision of vocational training facilities.<br />

d. Providing improved access to raw materials and marketing support.<br />

e. Development of urban agriculture, which can not only be an income-generating<br />

activity but will have a positive impact on the urban environment by creating green<br />

spaces and reusing waste water and compost from solid waster.<br />

f. Women amongst relocated families may be organized into Self Help Groups; and<br />

special drives of socio-economic activities such as SSA, SJSRY, etc. may be taken.<br />

g. Home-based production (or cottage industry) is also an important income-generating<br />

activity among the poor.<br />

h. City authorities can provide infrastructure services (electricity, telecommunications,<br />

water, and sanitation) which would increase the efficiency and productivity of homebased<br />

activities;<br />

i. Providing information and advisory services in relation to markets for the products.<br />

Information and Coordination<br />

i. Institutionalized sharing of information on issues relevant to the urban poor between<br />

urban poor communities, different levels of government, non-governmental<br />

organizations and the private sector.<br />

ii. Regular updating of database on the slums and socio-economic profile of the slum<br />

population through surveys to ensure effectiveness of the upgrading schemes.<br />

Creation of Assets<br />

a. Housing finance: low-income households do not have access to housing credits as<br />

commercial financial institutions usually have little interest in lending to low-income<br />

households; state government may need to develop a scheme of for subsidized<br />

housing finance.<br />

b. Most of the urban poor do not have tenure security because their dwellings are built<br />

on public land, private property not belonging to the owner; or built on shared title<br />

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