Urban Poverty in Asia

• Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9789292546649
• Topic: Politica e relazioni internazionali
• Subtopic: Pianificazione e sviluppo urbano

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.

Annex Tables

Table 1: Aggregate Poverty: Regional Aggregations 1990, 2008, and 2010 (using 2005 PPP and $1.25/day poverty line)

Note: Asia is the sum of East Asia & Pacific (EAP) and South Asia (SAS) regions as defined by the World Bank.

Source: Calculations based on World Bank PovcalNet database, accessed on 9 May 2013.

Table 2: Aggregate Poverty: Regional Aggregations (using $1.25/day poverty line)

Note: Asia is the sum of East Asia & Pacific (EAP) and South Asia (SAS) regions as defined by the World Bank.

Source: Calculations based on the Global Monitoring Report 2013, and World Bank Indicators database for population figures.

Table 3: Urban and rural poverty measures using a poverty line of $1.08/day (in 1993 PPP): Regions and the World

Source: Ravallion et al. (2007)

Table 4: Proportion of Population below the Overall, Rural and Urban Poverty Line: Asian Economies (national) (%)

PRC = People’s Republic of China, Lao PDR...

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes
• Acknowledgment
• About the Author
• Abbreviations
• 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
• Back Cover