Income Generation
It is an accepted fact that there is often an inadequate supply of basic services and supply for the poor - such as food, health and money - and the solution may not be entirely on the supply side. A more effective solution may be found in raising the low levels of effective demand among the poor by raising their incomes.
One effective way that improves access of the poor to supply and services is to promote employment-generation programmes that allow them to raise their income sufficiently to create this greater effective demand and for them to obtain them through a variety of sources.
The strategy of MAA, for example, attempts to make improvement in way that will build the skills and raise the incomes of people - especially of women - living in the neighbourhoods where the supply and services will be delivered. Employment can also be generated for the poor by developing service extension projects that include components for the participation of local small-scale industries, and offering assistance that will expand small-scale enterprises in and near poor neighbourhoods.
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