Youth entrpreneur - bicycle repair station, India.
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As the concluding part in a series of ODI/CPRC Working Papers entitled 'Spatial poverty traps: what are they and what can be done about them?', this paper discusses policy responses to the spatial dimensions of poverty.
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Experience in tourism shows that value chain analysis can help to make markets work for the poor.
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