TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mathur, Om Prakash.
TI  - Urban poverty in Asia
SN  - 9789292546632 (pbk.)
U1  - 362.5095091732 MAT  23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Manila
PB  - Asian Development Bank
KW  - Urban poverty
KW  - Asia
KW  - Urban poor
KW  - Asia.
N1  - Including bibliography; Introduction
Nature and Dimensions of Urban Poverty
Moving beyond the Income-Consumption Poverty: Inequalities, Shelter, Services, and Livelihoods
Who Are the Urban Poor—Women, Children, Youth, Minority Groups?
Poverty and City Size
Exploring the Link among Urbanization, Income (GDP), and Urban Poverty
Public Policy Responses to Urban Poverty: Selected Asian Economies
Asia’s Urban Poverty and What It May Mean for the People’s Republic of China and ADB
Annex Tables
Bibliography
N2  - This paper on Urban Poverty in Asia looks at the different dimensions of poverty in Asia, both income and nonincome, its two main regions, including a brief account of who and what class of people are affected most by poverty and deprivation. This paper analyzes the effect of recent urbanization and gross domestic product (GDP) growth trends—which distinguish Asia from other regions—on poverty. It also simultaneously explores other factors that may have affected poverty levels in Asia, delves into the key features of urban poverty in selected Asian countries, and looks at public policy responses and initiatives that Asian countries have taken to address issues on access of the urban poor to services, livelihood, shelter, and social security systems.

The paper concludes that Asia is in the midst of urban poverty and deprivation challenges that are evolving with the processes of growth and urbanization—the PRC being a case in point. The welfare of the millions of urban poor will depend on how Asia, where many of its cities represent the new global frontier, and the world prepare for the inevitable growth of urbanization, and how this phenomenon of urbanization is managed and taken forward. 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 on 24–25 June 2013 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, the People’s Republic of China
UR  - http://www.adb.org/publications/urban-poverty-asia
ER  -