Urban Poverty in Asia
Asian Development Bank | September 2014
Abstract
This report provides an overview of important urban poverty questions. What defines urban poverty and how is urban poverty being measured? What other factors beyond consumption poverty need to be tackled?Who are the urban poor? What relations exist between urban poverty and city size? What linkages exist between urbanization, income, and urban poverty? What policy responses to urban poverty are implemented
in selected Asian countries? The report served as a background study for the International Policy Workshop on Urban Poverty and Inclusive Cities in Asia, organized by the Asian Development Bank and the International Poverty Reduction Center held from 24–25 June 2013 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, the People’s Republic of China.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2014. Urban Poverty in Asia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3310. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.PDF ISBN
978-92-9254-664-9
Print ISBN
978-92-9254-663-2
Keywords
Poverty Reduction
Anti-Poverty
Poverty Analysis
Poverty In Developing Countries
Development Indicators
Urban Development
Urbanism
Urban agriculture
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http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3310Metadata
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