Asian Development Bank

City Development Strategies to Promote Urban Poverty Reduction (Asian Development Bank Books)

The initiatives created by the pilot cities in the City Development Strategy and City Without Slums programs are presented with vivid on-the-ground examples in this retrospective look at these programs. Detailed plans formulated by cities around Asia?including Manila, Da Nang in Vietnam, and Calicut in India?are explained in terms of their objectives for alleviating poverty and upgrading deprived low-income settlements on a citywide scale. An analysis is provided of past lessons learned in combating the development of urban slums with suggestions for the future.