1. Some fieldwork photos Professor Sylvia Chant Director, MSc Urbanisation and Development

2. Focus group, gender, generation and poverty, the Philippines

3. Sari-sari store, Marigondon, Metro Cebu, Philippines

4. Prayerground, Gunjur, The Gambia

5. Rental compound, Banjul, The Gambia

6. Interviewing men on gender and poverty, The Gambia

7. Lunchbreak, The Gambia Benachin (‘one dish’)

8. Talking with woodcarvers The Gambia

9. Focus group discussion, Metro Cebu, Philippines

10. A consolidating self-help settlement, Bolaños, Querétaro, Mexico

11. Sylvia Chant and Cathy McIlwaine at meeting with Association of Small Farmers and Fisherfolk, Caticlan, Philippines

12. Koriteh prayers, Gunjur, The Gambia

13. Out and about in Metro Cebu, Philippines – motorbike taxi

14. Schoolchildren, Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

15. Foreshore housing, Metro Cebu, Philippines

16. Children minding home-based shop, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

17. Small-scale shoe enterprise,, León, Mexico

18. Mother and daughter, El Caloso, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

19. Silversmith, Manjai Kunda, The Gambia

20. Focus group discussion, Bakau, The Gambia

21. Discussing survey results with research team, Costa Rica, 2005

22. Bicycle repair workshop, Kanifing, The Gambia