Urban poverty and local actions towards its reduction: An international perspective

Regional Development Dialogue

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 20-54

  Wegelin, Emiel A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA;

EID: 0032695508     PISSN: 02506505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) (Habitat), An Urbanising World. Global Report on Human Settlements and Development (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), section 3.2.
2. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), World Development Report, 1998 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998).
3. UNCHS (Habitat), An Urbanising World, section 3.2.
4. Jonas Rabinovitch, "Cities, Population and Poverty" (Paper presented at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Conference on Urban Development Cooperation: Priorities and Principles for the 2000s, Forum of the World Alliance of Cities against Poverty, Lyons, France, 12-14 October 1998).
5. UNCHS (Habitat), An Urbanising World, section 3.2.
6. Ibid.
7. Franz Vanderschueren, Emiel A. Wegelin, and Kadmiel H. Wekwete, "Policy Programme Options for Urban Poverty Reduction: A Framework for Action at the Municipal Level" (UNDP/UNCHS (Habitat)/ World Bank Urban Management Programme (UMP) Policy Paper Series; no. 20) (Washington, DC: World Bank, 1996).
8. Emiel A. Wegelin, "Urban Shelter, Municipal Services and the Poor" in Ernesto M. Pernia, ed., Urban Poverty in Asia - A Survey of Critical Issues (Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB), 1994); and Emiel A. Wegelin and Karin M. Borgman, "Options for Municipal Interventions in Urban Poverty Alleviation," Environment and Urbanization 7 (2:1995).
9. Emiel A. Wegelin, "Urban Shelter, Municipal Services and the Poor" in Ernesto M. Pernia, ed., Urban Poverty in Asia - A Survey of Critical Issues (Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB), 1994); and Emiel A. Wegelin and Karin M. Borgman, "Options for Municipal Interventions in Urban Poverty Alleviation," Environment and Urbanization 7 (2:1995).
10. William Dillinger, "Decentralization and Its Implications for Urban Service Delivery" (UNDP/UNCHS (Habitat)/World Bank UMP Policy Paper Series; no. 16) (Washington, DC: World Bank, 1994); and Vanderschueren, Wegelin, and Wekwete, "Policy Programme Options for Urban Poverty Reduction": 19-33.
11. William Dillinger, "Decentralization and Its Implications for Urban Service Delivery" (UNDP/UNCHS (Habitat)/World Bank UMP Policy Paper Series; no. 16) (Washington, DC: World Bank, 1994); and Vanderschueren, Wegelin, and Wekwete, "Policy Programme Options for Urban Poverty Reduction": 19-33.
12. For an overview of issues see G. Peterson, G. Thomas Kingsley, and Jeffry P. Telgarsky, "Multi Sectoral Investment Planning" (UMP Working Paper Series; no. 3) (Nairobi: UNCHS (Habitat), 1994).
13. See for example, Caroline O. N. Moser, Michael Gatehouse, and Helen Garcia, Urban Poverty Research Sourcebook, Module II: Indicators of Urban Poverty (Washington, DC: Urban Development Divison (UDD)/Transport, Water and Urban Development Department (TWURD), World Bank, 1995) for a review of urban poverty indicators and of possible techniques to use such indicators for a rapid assessment of urban poverty at these levels.
14. For a useful checklist see ibid., p. viii.
15. Vanderschueren, Wegelin, and Wekwete, "Policy Programme Options for Urban Poverty Reduction," pp. 50-1.
16. See Gertrude Ngenda, Bartholomew Kazilimani, and Musonda Simwinga, "Study on Poverty Reduction and Governance in the City of Lusaka" (Unpublished local consultant's report for UMP consultation) (Lusaka, 1998) for a description.