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... poverty have frequently distinguished the deserving from the undeserving poor. The deserving poor accept the dominant views of society and aspire to better themselves and it is thought these values hope lies for the poor" (Slums of Hope? Peter Lloyd 1979). It is this concept that has inspired various "self help" schemes throughout the world which now seem to be the way forward. Hand outs are needed for immediate disasters but for long term help a different approach must be taken. This point was simply put in the 1997 Oxfam advert "Give a man a fish and he will feed himself and his family for a day but give a man a net and teach him to fish and he will feed himself and his family for a lifetime". Stokes C applied this principal to spontaneous settlements, "Slums of hope" and "Slums of despair" not cate ...
