The development of a community, especially a poor community, hinges on interventions from development workers in government and non government organisations. In the recent past, microfinance has been strongly recommended as an intervention that could assist poor people to improve their quality of life by providing small amounts of money to initiate development enterprises. The microfinance services are provided through microfinance institutions. This study was aimed at establishing the role of microfinance in the socioeconomic development of women in a community. Mpigi Town Council in Uganda was the study area. Fifty respondents were interviewed and eight of these were employees of microfinance institutions and two worked as technical staff from Mpigi District Local Government. Twelve microfinance institutions were identified as providing services to the community in Mpigi Town Council. A variety of literature on microfinance in the developed world, developing world, Africa, Uganda and Mpigi Town Council was reviewed. It was noted that the year 2005 was identified as the International Year of Micro-credit during which its significance would be highlighted. The aim of the international year of microcredit was to improve on the knowledge, access and utilization of micro-credit by poor people in the developing world. During the literature review, it was evident that the literature on the impact of microfinance on the socio-economic development of women in Mpigi Town Council was lacking. By filling this gap, this research will be a referral document for other researchers and a resource book for microfinance institutions during the implementation of their programmes. The study was carried out using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Questionnaires and interviews were used to collect the data that was presented in tables, graphs and numbers to show the role played by microfinance in the socio-economic development of women in a community.The findings of the study reveal that microfinance institutions operating in Mpigi Town Council provide services like training and skills development, insured credit facilities and savings mobilisation, banking facilities, supervision and monitoring of the clients, provision of agriculture inputs like seeds and chemicals and physical items like animals (cows, goats, pigs, sheep etc). The services are particularly provided to women groups, salary earners, and individual women and men. The repayment of the credit facilities is usually through weekly and monthly instalments. The size of the loan depends on the MFI but ranges from one hundred thousand to millions of shillings. The security usually required is group collateral in case of groups, salary in case of salary earners and any other as deemed necessary for the individual by the MFI. The study established that women who accessed the loans from MFIs were able to improve their socio-economic status through starting up and or expanding investments and enterprises, paying school fees for their children, purchase of household items like furniture, land and solar installation, building of houses, confidence building, participation in leadership roles etc. The research also found out that women face some challenges in their access and utilization of the MFI services and these include; small amounts of money disbursed, diversion of funds, high interest rates, low returns on investment, short grace periods, unfavourable repayment schedules and risk of property confiscation by the MFI. The respondents recommended that the government should intervene, especially where interest rate is concerned and centralize it or make it uniform and also monitor the operations of the MFIs so that they offer adequate services to the women. As far as the MFIs are concerned, the respondents recommended that they should lower the interest rate, empathize with their clients, monitor and supervise more vigorously, collaborate with fellow MFIs, increase grace period and enlist the support of employers in the area. For the microfinance beneficiaries, the beneficiaries recommended that they should not divert the funds but should use them for the purpose intended. Furthermore, they should not move from one MFI to another. They ought to acquire the loan when they have some investment already, study the MFI before acquiring the services and support each other as a group to ensure that there is progress in the various undertakings. The results of the research have led to the assertion and affirmation that although the benefits may vary from one beneficiary to another and from one community to another, microfinance has in various ways played a significant role in the socio-economic development of women in Mpigi Town Council. This research report will be used as a document for other researchers and a resource book for the microfinance institutions in Mpigi Town Council. / Development Studies / M.A. (Social Science (Development Studies)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:19:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 HELDER BLESSA KANASHIRO.pdf: 1564128 bytes, checksum: df0be16c22e6696f22ec9dea2de0cbfe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This paper will deal with a passage from chap. 26, of v. 12-19 of the book of Deuteronomy. Through the sociological method we propose to try to understand it, first as a community that is poor in the countryside, before the catastrophe of the pre-exile in 722 BC, so in the northern kingdom. According to this poor formed a community alive and vibrant, and to overcome resistance against the inner strength that was a monarchy and an external force against the Assyrian invasion, and not just one group of subjects (Levite, the stranger, orphan and widow) lamented that only the face of difficulties. With the use of sociological tools, we believe allowed us to discover that this community of poor people had hope, hope and indeed thought a breakthrough. / O presente trabalho se ocupará com uma perícope do cap. 26, dos v. 12-19 do livro de Deuteronômio. Através do método sociológico propomos compreendê-la, primeiro como uma comunidade de pobres que está no campo, diante da catástrofe do pré-exílio em 722 a.C., portanto no reino do norte. Segundo que estes pobres formaram uma comunidade viva, vibrante, de superação e de resistência, contra a força interna que era a monarquia e contra uma força externa a invasão assíria, e não somente um agrupamento de sujeitos (levita, estrangeiro, órfão e viúva) que somente se lamentava diante das dificuldades. Com a utilização deste instrumental sociológico, nos possibilitou descobrir que esta comunidade de pobres tinha esperança, e aliás pensou uma esperança inovadora.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:19:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jr30310214.pdf: 2887640 bytes, checksum: cc1844e4d5d7146379bf951f9bbb4d11 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-10-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The purpose of this thesis is to provide an exegetical interpretation of the prophecy from Jeremiah 30-31 from a social perspective. Jeremiah 30-31 forms a literary unit in the book of Jeremiah, composed of subunits that can be designated as pericopae. A large part of the salvific expectations from this literary text needs to be attributed to the books literary origin and comes from the social articulations produced by Jeremiah at the end of the 7th century and the beginning of the 6th century B.C., in support of the poor of the ancient Palestine society, Israel/North and Judah/South. The first salvific statements appearing in Jeremiah 30-31 occurred during the era of Josiah (Jer 30,10-11.18-21; 31,2-5). Salvific expectations originated during this period aimed at the Israelite population of the North. Another intense occurrence of the salvific expectation happened during the years immediately after the fall of Judah in 587 B.C., when Jeremiah again directed a word of hope to the poor of Israel/North, and also included in his message those who remained in the land of Judah/South after the Babylonian destruction. The following pericopae can be found in this scenario: 30,3.5-7.12-17; 31,15.16-20.21-22.27-28.31-34. This present thesis assumes that, in general, Jeremiah 30-31 is a reconfirmation of the demilitarization and breakdown of the urbanization of Jerusalem that happened during that period, being that this new political and economic scenario favored the under privileged people of Palestine. Tribalism is the model of the salvific expectations of the original Jeremiah literature. In the development of a new society, with renewed tribalism, free from the yoke of the monarchy and the imperialists, Jeremiah 30-31 defends the ownership of the lands by the rural people who suffered from the plunder under the Assyrian Empire and the kings of Judah. With the fall of the state of Judah, the poor could resume their lives and possess the land as a means of production and livelihood. The relationship between the words of salvation and tribalism can also be noted in other texts from the book of Jeremiah. The structural verbal proponent of destruction and reconstruction in 31,28 can be found in Jer 1,10; 18,7.9; 24,6; 42,10 e 45,4. The promises of salvation contained in Jer 1,10, 31,27-28 e 42,10 announce the continuity of life in the land of Judah after the catastrophe of 587 B.C. This idea can also be seen in Jer 23,5-6, 30,8-9. In Jer 24,6, on the other hand, we read about a promise for the exiles of Judah that lived in Babylonia under the tribal system. In Jer 3,6-13.19-25; 4,1-2, Jeremiahs salvific expectations present the path for a social reorganization through the conversion to Yahweh. / A presente tese propõe uma interpretação exegética da profecia de Jr 30-31 na perspectiva social. Jr 30-31 forma uma unidade literária no livro de Jeremias, composta por subunidades que podem ser designadas de perícopes. Grande parte das expectativas salvíficas deste trecho literário devem ser atribuídas à literatura originária do livro, e provém das articulações sociais engendradas por Jeremias no fim do século 7 e início do século 6 a.C. em prol dos empobrecidos da antiga sociedade palestina Israel/Norte e de Judá/Sul. Os primeiros ditos salvíficos de Jr 30-31 surgiram na época de Josias (Jr 30,10-11.18-21; 31,2-5). Nessa época, originaram-se as expectativas de salvação dirigidas para as populações israelitas do Norte. Outro intenso surgimento das expectativas salvíficas aconteceu nos anos imediatamente posteriores à queda de Judá, em 587 a.C., quando Jeremias novamente direcionou uma palavra de esperança aos pobres do Israel/Norte, e incluiu também em sua mensagem aqueles que permaneceram na terra de Judá/Sul depois do saque babilônico. Nesse cenário podem ser localizadas as seguintes perícopes: 30,3.5-7.12-17; 31,15.16-20.21-22.27-28.31-34. A presente tese supõe que, de modo geral, Jr 30-31 seja uma reconfirmação da desmilitarização e da desurbanização de Jerusalém ocorridas naquele período, já que esse novo cenário político e econômico favoreceu os desprestigiados da Palestina. O tribalismo é o moto das expectativas salvíficas da literatura jeremiana original. No engendramento de uma nova sociedade, retribalizada, livre do jugo monárquico e dos imperialismos, Jr 30-31 defendem a posse da terra aos camponeses que sofreram espoliações do império assírio e dos reis judaítas. Com a queda do Estado de Judá, os empobrecidos poderiam retomar suas vidas e possuir a terra como meio de produção e subsistência. A relação entre as palavras de salvação e o tribalismo também pode ser notado em outros trechos do livro de Jeremias. A estruturação verbal proponente de destruição e reconstrução de 31,28 pode ser encontrada em Jr 1,10; 18,7.9; 24,6; 42,10 e 45,4. As promessas de salvação contidas em Jr 1,10, 31,27-28 e 42,10 anunciam a continuidade da vida na terra de Judá depois da catástrofe de 587 a.C. Essa ideia também pode ser percebida em Jr 23,5-6, 30,8-9. Em Jr 24,6, por sua vez, lê-se uma promessa para os exilados de Judá, que viviam na Babilônia sob o sistema tribal. Em Jr 3,6-13.19-25; 4,1-2, as expectativas salvíficas de Jeremias apresentam o caminho para a reorganização social através da conversão para Javé.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:21:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Carlos Cesar.pdf: 1398944 bytes, checksum: 230077553555248a4d40a60a55218cbc (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Exodus 23,1-9 put itself in the juridical world on ancient Israel not as law in the way of casuistic and apodictic sentences but as ethical instruction. The structure, syntax and style of this text disclosure that we are not in front of laws but in front of parenesis. If so asking about your Sitz im Leben, date and contents is very important. The searching for social process that created the conflicts indirectly indicate between free men owner of land and out of the state of poverty and free men owner of land but near of loses it because the debt in natura as well. To verify sociological plausibility of Exodus 23,1-9 we inquiry through social history what kind of society was Israel in time of tribalism and after in monarchy and what kind of social consequences each social system of these promote in ancient Israel. In this way, we intend to know historical-sociological background that create our text.(AU) / Êxodo 23,1-9 se insere no universo jurídico do antigo Israel não como lei a maneira das formulações em estilo casuístico e apodítico, mas como instrução ética. A estrutura, sintaxe e estilo desse texto revelam que não estamos diante de leis, mas de parênese. Sendo assim, a pergunta pelo seu lugar vivencial, data e conteúdos é significativa. Também o é a pergunta pelos processos sociais que viabilizaram os conflitos indicados indiretamente entre homens livres proprietários de terra e fora do estado de empobrecimento e homens livres donos de terra, mas a caminho de perdê-la por conta das dívidas in natura adquiridas. Para verificarmos a plausibilidade sociológica de Êxodo 23,1-9, verificamos, através da história social, que tipo de sociedade era Israel no tempo do tribalismo e depois na monarquia, e as consequências sociais que cada um desses sistemas promoveu na sociedade israelita. Com isso, pretendemos conhecer o pano de fundo histórico-sociológico que tece o nosso texto.(AU)

Vozes silenciadas no mundo ficcional brasileiro: o papel do índio, do negro e do pobre faz um levantamento da performance desses três grupos sociais em algumas obras da literatura brasileira. Este trabalho traça um paralelo entre esses segmentos sociais e a figura do exilado, buscando demonstrar a marginalização sofrida por aqueles que não alcançam o poder na sociedade. A análise da mudança de olhar sobre esses segmentos sociais, na obra de João Ubaldo Ribeiro, encerra o trabalho com a tentativa de identificar semelhanças e diferenças dentro da temática do silenciamento em algumas obras dos séculos XIX e XX / Silenced voices in the Brazilian ficcional world: the role of the indian, the black and the poor carries out a survey of the performance of these three social groups in some Brazilian literary works. This paper draws a parallel between these social extracts and the exiled, seeking to demonstrate the marginalization imposed on those who cannot achieve social power. The shifting of perspective towards these social segments, in the works of João Ubaldo Ribeiro, concludes this paper by trying to identify similarities and differences within the thematic of silencing in some literary works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Essa dissertação tem por objetivo compreender como, numa sociedade marcada pela desigualdade, jovens pobres experimentam a condição juvenil. Para tanto se caracterizou a situação familiar, a experiência escolar e laboral bem como, as práticas de sociabilidade dos jovens egressos selecionados do Projovem Urbano, procurando perceber em que medida a participação num Programa voltado para jovens pobres contribuiu para criação de estratégias que viabilizem os projetos de futuro desses jovens. Partimos do pressuposto que Juventude é uma categoria construída socialmente, não podendo ser compreendida de forma monolítica e objetivamente dada. Condição social, etnia, gênero, origem regional, territorial, bem como a fase da vida, influenciam na forma de experimentar a condição juvenil. Pela natureza das questões, optou-se por uma abordagem qualitativa associando revisão bibliográfica e pesquisa de campo onde as realizações de entrevistas aprofundadas semi - estruturadas e a análise de documentos relacionados ao tema constituíram os elementos centrais do campo. Foram realizadas entrevistas aprofundadas com 14 jovens, concluintes do Projovem Urbano (2008-2010), na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, de ambos os sexos (8 mulheres e 6 homens) e com idade entre 20 e 30 anos, agrupados em faixa etária ( 20 a 25 anos e 26 a 30 anos). Ao final desse estudo nos foi possível entender que o acesso desigual às oportunidades para se vivenciar esse período, reduzem as possibilidades de experimentação da condição juvenil. / This dissertation aims to understand how, in a society marked by inequality, poor youth experience the juvenile condition. For that it has been characterized the family situation, school and work experience as well as the practices of sociability of young graduates selected from the Projovem Urbano ( 2008-2010), seeking to understand to what extent participation in a program focusing on poor youth contributed to creating strategies that enable the future projects of these young people. We assume that youth is a category socially constructed, could not be understood monolithically and objectively given. Social condition, ethnicity, gender, regional and territorial origin, as well as the stage of life, are determining factors in the way of experiencing the young condition. By the nature of the issues, it has been chosen a qualitative approach associating literature review and field research where the realization of in-depth semi structured interviews and the analysis of documents related to the theme were the central elements of the field. Depth interviews were conducted with 14 youngsters, graduates of the Projovem Urbano (2008-2010) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, of both sexes (eight women and six men) aged between 20 and 30 years, divided into age groups (20-25 years and 26-30 years). At the end of this study we were able to understand that unequal access to opportunities to experience this period, reduce the possibilities of experiencing the juvenile condition by poor youth.

O formoterol é um fármaco beta-agonista de ação prolongada com rápido início de ação e eficácia broncodilatadora que podem determinar melhora significativa e imediata da função pulmonar. Pacientes com DPOC apresentam pouca ou nenhuma resposta ao broncodilatador (BD) no volume expiratório forçado no primeiro segundo (VEF1), podendo apresentar reversibilidade em outras variáveis se avaliados por pletismografia. O objetivo do estudo é avaliar por pletismografia a eficácia broncodilatadora do formoterol após 30 minutos de sua aplicação em portadores de DPOC. Foram estudados 40 pacientes portadores de DPOC com pobre resposta ao BD de curta ação. Encontravam-se no estágio II ou III da DPOC (SBPT/GOLD) e apresentavam VEF1 menor que 70% do valor previsto. Foram randomizados em dois grupos de 20 pacientes, com características clínicas semelhantes, recebendo cada um formoterol ou placebo, através de inalador de pó seco (aerolizer) com repetição das provas funcionais após 30 minutos. Foram observados aumentos significativos do VEF1 (12,4%) grupo formoterol (F) em relação ao grupo placebo (P) que foi de 0,1% (p=0,00065), da capacidade inspiratória (7,4% X 2,7%;p=0,05) e capacidade vital forçada (12,8% X 5,1%; p=0,017), redução importante da resistência das vias aéreas (-14% X 2,6% ; p=0,010). Foram ainda detectadas no grupo F modificações não expressivas do volume residual, da condutância das vias aéreas e da capacidade vital. Concluindo, em portadores de DPOC com pobre reversibilidade ao BD no teste espirométrico simples, o formoterol levou a uma melhora significativa da função pulmonar por pletismografia após 30 minutos de sua administração. / Formoterol is a long-acting ß2 agonist drug with rapid onset of action and the bronchodilator efficacy determine a prompt improvement in lung function. Patients with COPD may show minimal improvement after bronchodilator (BD) on volume in first second (FEV1), but they can show reversibility in other parameters if plethysmography was realized. The objective of this study was to evaluate, by plethysmography, the effectiveness of formoterol as a bronchodilator after 30 minutes of administration to patients with COPD. Forty COPD patients with poorly reversible obstruction confirmed by shortacting bronchodilator use at the spirometric test were prospectively evaluated. All patients were classified as having stage II or III SBPT/GOLD, presenting FEV1 lower than 70% of predict. The patients were randomized in two groups of 20, both with similar clinical characteristics, each group receiving either formoterol or placebo by dry powder device (aerolizer) and the lung function tests were repeated in 30 minutes after the drug administration. Significant increases in FEV1 (12,4%) in formoterol group (F) and 0,1% in placebo group (P) (P=0,00065), in inspiratory capacity (7,4% X 2,7% ; p=0,05) and in forced vital capacity (12,8% X 5,1%; p=0,017) and decrease in airway resistence (p=0,010) were observed in the F= -14% when compared with P= 2,6%. Residual volume decreased while specific airways condutance and vital capacity increased less important. In conclusion COPD patients with poor reversibility, formoterol promoted significant improvement in lung function by plethysmography after 30 minutes of its administration.

Esta Dissertação tem como objetivo visibilizar as práticas propostas pelo Programa Escola Aberta, em uma escola estadual no município de Alvorada/RS, para atender a comunidade e, preferencialmente, os jovens daquela periferia, visando a detectar como tais práticas vêm operando sobre a conduta dos mesmos e, como tais práticas são vividas por eles. Esta investigação se sucedeu em uma trajetória de cunho etnográfico. Para tanto utilizei, sob uma perspectiva pós-estruturalista, como aporte teórico os Estudos Culturais em Educação, utilizando-me também de algumas ferramentas foucaultianas. O presente estudo analisou práticas desenvolvidas dentro do Programa Escola Aberta na referida instituição com o propósito de visualizar como as mesmas estariam atendendo aos interesses de jovens de periferia e através de tal proposição, contribuindo para a inclusão social dos mesmos, constituindo-os assim como indivíduosmais produtivos para a sociedade.Por meio de observações do desenvolvimento do programa em tal escola, bem como das análises das entrevistas feitas com os dirigentes do mesmo e com os jovens participantes da investigação, foi possível perceber que o programa, naquela localidade, mostrou-se produtivo para aqueles aos quais se destina ao proporcionar um espaço de lazer, socialização e aprendizagens; possibilidade essa que contribui para a constituição de sujeitos mais comprometidos com aquele espaço público, gerando assim a redução da violência escolar. Também foi possível inferir que o programa, naquela escola, investe em mecanismos disciplinares para controlar e regular a conduta daqueles jovens, visando aaumentar a produtividade desses sujeitos nos processos sociais, possibilitando assim sua inserção nos mesmos. / This dissertation aims to make visible the practices proposed by the Open School Program, in a state school in Alvorada/RS (a city in Brazil), to attend community and, preferably, that the young periphery in order to detect such practices that have been operating on the same conduct and, as such practices are experienced by them. This research has succeeded in a trajectory of ethnographic. Used for both, from a poststructuralist perspective, as the theoretical Cultural Studies in Education I am also using some tools foucaudian. This study examined practices developed within the Open School Program at that institution, in order to visualize how they would be given to the interests of young people from poor neighborhoods and how they are a possibility of inclusion in the same, making them as individuals more productive to society.Through observations of program development in such a school as well as analysis of interviews with the leaders and even the young participants the investigation was possible to perceive that the program at that location, was productive for those whom it is intended to provide a space for leisure, socialization and learning; possibility that contributes to the formation of subjects more committed to that public space, thereby triggering the reduction school violence. It was also possible to infer that the program at that school, invests in disciplinary mechanisms to control and regulate the conduct of those young aimed at increasing the productivity of these individuals in social processes, thus enabling its therein.

Despite the establishment of local municipalities, rural villages are still under-developed. Under-development is an economic situation in which there are persistent discriminatory customary laws, high inequality, low levels of income and employment, low consumption, high dependence, weak community structures, little or no access to resources and inadequate services. Rural communities have not reached a satisfactory stage of economic development. This is due to the fact that these communities start from a low developmental base. They require assistance from government and other development agencies, such as Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in order to achieve economic stability and a sense that they are living a meaningful life. The fundamental purpose of this study is to gain better understanding of rural livelihoods, and unpack efficiency of policy interventions that assist people in rural areas to pursue livelihood strategies that could help them to reduce poverty. The study mainly used documents from Statistics South Africa and Integrated Development Plan (IDP) documents from Elundini Local Municipality that made it possible to access socio-economic information about the village. The study found that, education levels, hawkership, welfare grants, Expanded Public Works Programme, livestock production and migration are strategies that determine livelihood in Makhoaseng village. The socio-economic conditions such as low levels of education, age, lack of access to basic infrastructure have effect on poverty and kind of livelihoods pursuit in different households. These conditions hinder people in the village to meet their basic needs. On the hand, the agricultural sector has a potential to boost Local Economic Development (LED) in the village. Lack of financial and social support from the government and private sector causes deficiencies in agricultural sector. Moreover, the village has weak structures with strong patriarchal norms. This confirms the need for holistic support from the government because few private sectors are willing to invest in such village. The implications are that, without community interest in education, attainment of better educational qualifications, skills and jobs will remain a challenge in the village. Other sectors of the population such as women will remain disadvantaged if community structures do not abandon patriarchal norms. Rural people are not waiting for government or development agencies to come up with interventions but they are engaging in some economic activities such as hawkership and wool production that enable them to go out of poverty. The government must partner with Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to support community economic initiatives. On-farm activities ought to be intensified by venturing into mutton and beef production in the village. Government and development agencies must support women hawkers by developing them as cooperatives and explore other economic opportunities such as stone brick making and thatch for roofing. Low levels of education worsen the low living standards and create high dependency in the village. These conditions force the majority of the households in the Makhoaseng village to pursue involuntary livelihood strategies, while very few pursue deliberate livelihood strategies.

Thesis (MTech (Construction Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005 / Labour based technology (LBT) is a strategy popularised by intemationa I organisations such as International Labour Organisation (lLO), United Nations Development Progranune (UNDP) and Word Bank, to address poverty, unemployment and infrastructure provision especially in informal urban settlements. More emphasis has been placed on using the LBT approach in sub-Saharan countries where unprecedented urbanisation is taking place leading to the formation of informal settlements, high levels of unemployment as well as poverty. The LBT approach has been implemented in many developing countries including Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. However, there is little available evidence on the long-term impact of LBT on poverty alleviation and employment creation opportunities. This study examined whether the labour-based approach to delivering infrastructure in informal settlements had impacted poverty alleviation and created sustainable employment opportunities. The study had five main objectives namely (I) To explore the situation of infrastructure in Oar es salaam informal settlements; (2) To eXlmine LBT with respect to the nature and characteristics of the various forms used in practice to understand the advantages and disadvantages of each form; (3) To identify the nature of LBT approaches used to upgrade informal settlements; (4) To explore the extent to which LBT in infrastructure provision can contribute to creating employment and alleviating poverty; and (5) To examine the extent of private sector involvement and community participation in present LBT approach in the three settlements. Literature was reviewed on using LBT approach to deliver infrastructure in informal settlements and its impact on poverty alleviation and creation of sustainable employment opportunities. The residents within the Hanna Nassif, Mabatini and Tabata informal settlements in Oar es Salaam Tanzania, were interviewed who participated in infrastructure provision projects. Semi-structured interviews were held with the community based organisations (CBOs), and local government authorities in the respective settlements. The study suggests that the LBT approach to deliver infrastructure in informal settlements has the potential to create large-scale employment opportunities as well as alleviate poverty. However, the extent of the effectiveness of the LBT approach to create large-scale employment and alleviate poverty is dependant on several factors such as the type of the project; duration of the project; the level of the wages paid, and the measure of skills transferred