The cities of Bangladesh face an overwhelming problem of population growth and extreme poverty. After looking at trends in poverty and in personal income distribution in urban areas, the authors discuss the urban labor market with the objective of understanding the poor's access to...

Over the last two decades, the incidence of poverty has declined in India. After a brief discussion of the definition of poverty line, the author examines the nature and magnitude of urban poverty in India and looks at urban poverty trends and the policy framework for poverty reduction in the...

After discussing the trends and patterns of urbanization in Indonesia, the paper identifies critical issues and key economic policy concerns regarding urban poverty reduction and specifies and assesses policy options and financing approaches to problems posed by urban poverty. (DÜI-Sen)

As in other less developed countries, urbanization and urban poverty have increasingly become major development policy concerns in the Philippines. After providing intertemporal and spatial dimensions of poverty in the country since the early 1960s, the paper examines the recent record with...

An unusual feature of Sri Lanka's development during the four decades after independence has been the relatively slow growth of the urban sector. The slow expansion of the urban sector has been the combination of economic, social and political forces. After looking at these factors, the authors...