Diana Mitlin

Authored books

2004

Urban Governance, Voice and Poverty in the Developing World, Devas, N, Amis, P., Beall, J., Grant, U., Nunan, F., Mitlin, D., Rakodi, C. and Satterthwaite, D. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

2001

Environmental Problems in Third World Cities, Hardoy, J., Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

1994

Funding Community Initiatives, Arrossi, S., Bombarolo, F., Coscio, L., Hardoy, J., Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. London and New York: Earthscan Publications Ltd. and UNDP.

Environmental Problems in Third World Cities, Hardoy, J., Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

Edited books

2007

Can NGOs make a Difference? The Challenge of Development Alternatives, Bebbington, T., Hickey, S. and Mitlin, D., Zed Books.

2006

Confronting the Crisis in Urban Poverty: Making Integrated Approaches Work, Stevens, L., Coupe, S., and Mitlin, D. Rugby: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.

2004

Empowering Squatter Citizen, Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

1996

The Urban Opportunity: the work of NGOs in cities of the South, Hall, N., Hart, R. and Mitlin, D. Rugby: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.

Journal papers

2008

GATS and water services: the implications for low-income households in the South, Mitlin, D. Progress in Development Studies (forthcoming).

2007

Securing inclusion: strategies for community empowerment and state redistribution, Mitlin, D. and Muller, A. Environment and Urbanization 19(2).

Strategies for grassroots control of international aid, Mitlin. D and Satterthwaite, D. Environment and Urbanization 19(2)

Reclaiming development? NGOs and the challenge of alternatives, Mitlin, D. Hickey, S. and Bebbington, A. World Development.

2006

Editor’s Introduction: chronic poverty in urban areas, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 17, 2: 3-10.

2005

Understanding Chronic Poverty in Urban Areas, Mitlin, D. International Planning Studies 10, 1: 3-20

2004

Reshaping local democracy, introduction to special issue on participatory governance, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 16, 1: 3-8.

Windhoek, Namibia – towards progressive urban land policies in Southern Africa, Mitlin, D and Muller, A. International Development Policy Review 26, 2: 167-186.

2003

Addressing urban poverty through strengthening assets, Mitlin, D. Habitat International 27: 393-406.

A fund to secure land for shelter: supporting strategies of the organized poor, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 15, 1: 181-192.

Finance for shelter: recent histories, future perspectives, Mitlin, D. Small Enterprise Development Journal 14, 1: 11-20.

The South African Homeless People’s Federation: Investing in the poor, Mitlin, D. and Baumann, T. Small Enterprise Development Journal 14, 1: 32-41.

2002

Sharing experiences and changing lives, Mitlin, D. and Patel, S. Community Development 37, 2: 125-137.

Sustaining markets or sustaining poverty reduction, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 14, 1: 173-9.

2001

Civil society and urban poverty: examining complexity, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 13, 2: 151-75.

The urban poor under threat and in struggle: options for urban development in Zimbabwe 1995-2000, Mitlin, D and Chitekwe, B. Environment and Urbanization 13, 2: 85-103.

The formal and informal worlds of state and civil society: What do they offer to the urban poor? Mitlin, D. International Planning Studies 6, 4: 377-393.

Poverty alleviation or poverty reduction: the contribution of civil society, Mitlin, D. Journal for International Development 13: 1003-8.

Housing and urban poverty: a consideration of the criteria of affordability, diversity and inclusivity, Mitlin, D. Housing Studies 16, 4: 509-23.

2000

Addressing urban poverty: increasing incomes, reducing costs, securing representation, Mitlin, D, Development in Practice 10, 2: 204-16.

1999

“Comment” on Cities for the Twenty-First Century People: a Regional Perspective on Urban Poverty in Asia by Mary Racelis, Mitlin, D. Regional Development Dialogue 20, 1.

Learning from the experts: a new approach to poverty reduction, Mitlin, D. Critical Social Work 1, 1.

1998

Reducing urban poverty: lessons of experience, Anzorena, J., Bolnick, J., Boonyabancha, S, Cabannes, Y., Hardoy, A., Hasan, A., Levy, C., Mitlin, D., Murphy, D., Patel, S., Saborido, M., Satterthwaite, D., Stein, A. Environment and Urbanization 10, 1: 167-186.

1997

Tenants: addressing needs, increasing options, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 9, 2: 3-17.

Building with credit: housing finance for low-income households, Mitlin, D. Third World Planning Review 19, 1.

1995

Participatory approaches in urban areas: strengthening civil society or reinforcing the status quo?, Mitlin, D. and Thompon, J. Environment and Urbanization 7, 1: 231-51.

1993

The search for sustainable funding systems for community initiatives McLeod, R. and Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 5, 1: 26-38.

Guide to the Literature - Funding Community Level Initiatives, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 5, 1: 148-55.

1992

A guide to the literature on sustainable development, Mitlin, D. Environment and Urbanization 4, 1. One of six most cited papers from Environment and Urbanization.

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Book chapters

2007

Beyond win-win, Mitlin, D. in Bebbington, T. and McCourt, W. (eds.) Development success: Statecraft in the South (pp.140-162), London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Shack/Slum Dwellers International: One experience of the contribution of membership organizations to pro-poor urban development, D’Cruz, C. and Mitlin, D. in Kanbur, R., Chen, M., Jhabvala, R. and Richards, C. (eds.) Membership Based Organizations of the Poor (pp. 221-239), Abingdon: Routledge.

2006

A professional perspective on a people’s process: a history of VukuZenzele, Mitlin, D.in Stevens, L., Coupe, S. and Mitlin, D. (eds.) Confronting the Crisis in Urban Poverty: Making Integrated Approaches Work (pp. 91-116), Rugby: Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.

2004

Civil Society Organizations: Do They Make a Difference to Urban Poverty?, Mitlin, D. in Devas, N., Amis, P., Beall, J., Grant, U., Nunan, F., Mitlin, D., Rakodi, C. and Satterthwaite, D. Urban Governance, Voice and Poverty in the Developing World (pp. 123-144), London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

Securing voice and transforming practice in local government: The role of federating in grassroots development, Mitlin, D. in Hickey, S. and Mohan, G. (eds.) Participation: From Tyranny to Transformation? Exploring New Approaches to Participation (pp. 175-189), London: Zed Books.

Introduction, Mitlin, D and Satterthwaite, D. in Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. (eds). Empowering Squatter Citizen (pp. 3-24), London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

Addressing deprivations in urban areas, Mitlin, D and Satterthwaite, D. in Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. (eds). Empowering Squatter Citizen (pp. 245-277), London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

The role of local and extra-local organizations, Mitlin, D and Satterthwaite, D. in Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. (eds). Empowering Squatter Citizen (pp. 278-306), London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

The age of cities and organizations of the urban poor: the work of the South African Homeless People’s Federation, Baumann, T., Bolnick, J. and Mitlin, D. in Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. (eds). Empowering Squatter Citizen (pp. 193-215), London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

Grassroots-driven development: the alliance of SPARC, the National Slum Dwellers Federation and ‘Mahila Milan’, Patel, S. and Mitlin, D. in Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. (eds) Empowering Squatter Citizen (pp. 216-244), London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

Competition, regulation and the urban poor: a case study of water, Mitlin, D. in Minogue, M. (ed.) Leading Issues in Competition, Regulation and Development (pp. 320-338), Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

2002

Africa’s new agenda: adding up experience for poverty reduction, Mitlin, D. in IIED (ed.) The Future is Now Volume 3 (pp. 74-84), London: International Institute for Environment and Development.

2001

Urban Poverty: some thoughts about its scale and nature, Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, in Shahid, Y., Evenett, S. and Wu, W. (eds.) Facets of Globalization: International and Local Dimensions of Development (pp. 193-219), Washington: World Bank.

Squatting on the global highway, Patel, S., Bolnick, J. and Mitlin, D. in Edwards, M. and Gaventa, J. (eds.) Global Citizen Action (pp. 231-246), London: Earthscan-UK/Westview-US.

1998

Housing finance and non-government organizations in developing countries, Jones, G. and Mitlin, D. in Datta, K. and Jones, G. (eds.) Housing and Finance in Developing Countries (pp. 26-43), London: Routledge.

Housing finance and empowerment in South Africa, Bolnick, J. and Mitlin, D. in Datta, K. and Jones, G. (eds.) Housing and Finance in Developing Countries (pp. 227-246), London: Routledge.

The NGO sector and its role in strengthening civil society and securing good governance, Mitlin, D. in Bernard, A. Helmich, H. and Lehning, P. (eds.) Civil Society and International Development, Paris: OECD.

1996

Foreward, Mitlin, D. Albee, A. and Gamage, N. Our Money, Our Movement: Building a Poor People's Credit Union (pp. xi-xvi), London: Intermediate Technology.

1992

Scaling up in urban areas, Mitlin, D. and Satterthwaite, D. in Edwards, M. and Hulme, D. (eds.), Making a Difference: NGOs and Development in a Changing World, London: Earthscan Publications Ltd.

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Working papers

2007

Urban social movements in southern towns and cities, Mitlin, D. in Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 64, Manchester: University of Manchester.

2006

Social movements and chronic poverty across the urban-rural divide: concepts and experiences, Mitlin, D. and Bebbington, T. in Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No 65, Manchester: University of Manchester.

2005

Re-interpreting the rights-based approach: a grassroots perspective on rights and development, Mitlin, D. and Patel, S. in Global Poverty Research Group Working Paper No. 22, Oxford: GPRG.

Beyond second best: the whys, hows and wherefores of water subsidies, Mitlin, D. in Research Centre on Competition and Regulation Working Paper No. 93, Manchester: University of Manchester.

2003

Understanding urban poverty: what the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers tell us, Mitlin, D. in Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas Series Working Paper No. 13, London: International Institute for Environment and Development.

The economic and social processes influencing the level and nature of chronic poverty in urban areas, Mitlin, D. in Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper No. 29, Manchester: University of Manchester.

Competition, regulation and the urban poor: a case study of water, Mitlin, D, in Centre for Competition and Regulation Working Paper No. 37. Manchester: University of Manchester.

2002

Civil Society and urban poverty – overview of stage one cases, Mitlin, D. in Urban Governance, Partnerships and Poverty Research Working Paper No. 22, Birmingham: University of Birmingham.

Civil society and urban poverty, Mitlin, D. in Urban Governance, Partnerships and Poverty Research Working Paper No. 5, Birmingham: University of Birmingham.

2001

The principles of Local Agenda 21in Windhoek: collective action and the urban poor, Gold, J., Muller, A. and Mitlin, D. in Local Agenda 21s and Urban Environmental Action Plans Working Paper No. 9, London: International Institute for Environment and Development.

The age of cities and organizations of the urban poor: the work of the South African Homeless People’s Federation, Baumann, T., Bolnick, J. and Mitlin, D. in Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas Series Working Paper No. 2, London: International Institute for Environment and Development.

The work of SPARC and its partners ‘Mahila Milan’ and the National Slum Dwellers Federation in India, Patel, S. and Mitlin, D. in Poverty Reduction in Urban Areas Series, Working Paper No. 5, London: International Institute for Environment and Development.

Editorships: journal

Editor of Special Issues

2007

Environment and Urbanization, special issue of shelter finance.

2005

Environment and Urbanization, special issue on chronic poverty.

International Planning Studies, special issue on chronic urban poverty.

2004-05

UN-Habitat - Shelter finance: analysis of trends, Lead coordinator of review of global trends in shelter finance.

2004

Environment and Urbanization, special issue on participatory governance.

2003

Small Enterprise Development, special issue on housing micro-finance.

2001

Environment and Urbanization, special issue on civil society.

1999-2003

Third World Planning Review, Member of Editorial Board.

1997

Environment and Urbanization, special issue on tenants.

1990-

Environment and Urbanization, Member of Editorial Board.

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