Focuses on pro-poor job creation for slum dwellers as an effective method to reduce urban poverty, especially national policies favouring employment-intensive growth. Discusses public-private partnerships and how to create quality jobs in the local, small-scale private sector, illustrated by...

Contains guidelines developed in line with the ILO's 1996-97 work programme, to assist social partners, local authorities and informal sector organizations in the planning, implementation and evaluation of employment- intensive community development initiatives.