<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> With the challenges of inequality so embedded in the political and economic infrastructure and their origin at least in part associated with national and global forces outside and beyond the control of the city, remediation is extraordinarily difficult. Only with innovation and imagination is inequality likely to be touched. Only if we are willing to look at the informal as well as the formal economy, and ignore the common wisdom about corruption and squatting and hidden capital, are we likely to find some partial answers to the burdens under which the most progressive and prosperous cities labour. (Excerpt)</p></abstract>

With the challenges of inequality so embedded in the political and economic infrastructure and their origin at least in part associated with national and global forces outside and beyond the control of the city, remediation is extraordinarily difficult. Only with innovation and imagination is inequality likely to be touched. Only if we are willing to look at the informal as well as the formal economy, and ignore the common wisdom about corruption and squatting and hidden capital, are we likely to find some partial answers to the burdens under which the most progressive and prosperous cities labour. (Excerpt)

Poverty in Abundance: Is Corruption an Answer?

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With the challenges of inequality so embedded in the political and economic infrastructure and their origin at least in part associated with national and...

Poverty in Abundance: Is Corruption an Answer?

Published Online: Aug 15, 2013

Page range: 37 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2013-0003

Keywords
Megacities Corruption Inequality Poverty Abundance Urban equality Global governance

This content is open access.

Poverty in Abundance: Is Corruption an Answer?

Published Online: Aug 15, 2013

Page range: 37 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scr-2013-0003

KeywordsMegacities Corruption Inequality Poverty Abundance Urban equality Global governance

This content is open access.

Keywords
Megacities Corruption Inequality Poverty Abundance Urban equality Global governance