assessment urban poverty

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1、TableofContentsForewordivPublicDisclosureAuthorizedAbstractvAcknowledgmentsvi1.TheCityPovertyAssessment¾YetAnotherAcademic1ReportofMyOverstudiedCity?2.WhyCareAboutthePoor?23.CityPovertyIndicators3TypesofIndicators3PublicDisclosureAuthorizedDataSources8CityPovertyInformationStrategy124

2、.TheCityPovertyProfile¾ABasicSnapshot135.MoreThanaSnapshot¾ChangesOverTime206.BeyondIndicatorsandtheProfile¾Understandingthe23MeaningofPovertyReductionandPolicyImpacts7.CityFinancesandthePoor24PublicDisclosureAuthorized8.CityAnti-PovertyPrograms289.CityGrowthandPovertyReduction3210.Co

3、ncludingRemarks34References35PublicDisclosureAuthorizediiiForewordCitiesandtownsareincreasinglybecomingtheprimarylocusofpovertyinmanycountries.Rural-urbanmigrationandlowurbanmortalityrateshavecontributedtotherapidpopulationgrowthofcitiesinmanypartsoftheworld.Withsuchrapidgrowthalsocom

4、esanincreasingconcentrationofpovertyinurbanareas.Inparallel,moreandmorecountriesassignlocalgovernmentsincreasedresponsibilityinfightingpoverty.Withdecentralization,theresponsibilityoflocalsocialpolicygoesbeyondtheexecutionofcentrallydesignedandfundededucationandhealthprograms.Inmanyco

5、untries,localpolicymakerstodaydecideontaxrates,expenditurepolicies,developmentofnewassistanceprograms,incentivesforlocaleconomicdevelopment,landandzoninglaws,etc.Theformulationofpro-poorlocalpoliciesrequiresgoodinformationandanalyses.Localgovernmentsandtheirpartnershavebothanopportuni

6、tyandaneedtounderstandthedeterminantsofpovertyandimpedimentsforitsreduction.Thispaperisanintroductiontohowsuchlocalinformationonpovertycanbegatheredandanalyzed.Thepaperisnotmeanttobeacomprehensiveguidetoinformationsources,povertyindicators,andmethodologies.Rather,itaimstoprovidelocalp

7、olicymakerswithabroadoverviewofthetypeofquestionstypicallyaskedandansweredinCityPovertyAssessments.Asthenatureofpovertydifferswidelybetweencitiesandcountries,sowillthecontentofsuchpovertyassessmentsastheyhavetobeadaptedtolocalneeds.MichaelWaltonDirector,PovertyReductionPovertyReductio

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