The Urban Community Environmental Activities Project and Its Environment Fund in
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Boonyabancha, S.
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4/99
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Journal
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Environment-and-Urbanization
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11(1) 101-115
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Community Development; International; Thailand
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Abstract |
Describes the work of an environment fund set up to support community-initiated & -managed projects in low-income settlements in urban areas of Thailand. Drawing on a grant of US $1.3 million, over a 2-year period, the fund has supported 196 projects benefiting 41,000 families. Although managed by a Thai government agency, the Urban
Community Development Office, with financial aid from a Danish government
agency, DANCED, the fund has allowed low-income communities to develop their own
projects & manage their implementation. It has also encouraged intercommunity
exchanges &, more generally, a strengthening of the capacity of low-income
communities to work together & to negotiate & work with external agencies. 1
Table, 3 Boxes. Adapted from the source document
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