The diversity of urban areas presents substantial challenges to the validity of information from rapid assessments, yet CARE's experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggest a number of ways that rapid assessment procedures can be strengthened to address these concerns.Urban poor ,Bangladesh ,Tanzania ,

Downen, Jeanne

Garrett, James L.

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