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Taking advantage of rural assets as a coping strategy for the urban poor: the case of ruralurban interrelations in Botswana

Institute of Cultural Geography, University of Freiburg, Werderring 4, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany; fkrueger{at}ruf.unifreiburg.de

This paper describes the importance of rural-urban links for many of the inhabitants of Botswana's cities. This is described in more detail for Old Naledi, a low-cost, self help settlement in Botswana's capital, Gaborone. A third of all households there own cattle, half retain land in the village from which they come and the proportion of households with such rural assets does not decline with people's length of stay in the city. These rural assets are valued both in monetary and social terms and serve as a valuable safety net for households with low incomes and uncertain livelihood prospects within the city.

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