Waste Pickers in Dhaka: Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach

by Jonathan Rouse and Mansoor Ali

Waste pickers in Dhaka make their living by selling recyclable items collected from dumped waste. Most are children living on the streets or in slums where they have little access to infrastructure, a low status in society and an uncertain future. This book is based on a period of fieldwork in Dhaka which explored their livelihoods using the DFID Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA). It presents much of the livelihood information gathered, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0906055849
• ISBN13: 9780906055847
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Wedc
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.0" x 10.0"