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URBAN POVERTY
IN ASIA

2014 Asian Development Bank

All rights reserved. Published in 2014.

Printed in the Philippines.

ISBN 978-92-9254-663-2 (Print), 978-92-9254-664-9 (e-ISBN)

Publication Stock No. RPT146730-2

Cataloging-In-Publication Data

Asian Development Bank.

Urban poverty in Asia.

Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2014.

1. Urban Poverty 2. Asia I. Asian Development Bank.

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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 PoorWomen, 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

Asias Urban Poverty and What it May Mean for the Peoples Republic of China and ADB

Annex Tables

Bibliography

List of Tables, Figures, and Boxes

Tables

	Tracking Poverty: Asia and the Developing World
	Asia: Subregional Shares of the Poor
	Proportions of the Poor, Rural and Urban
	Numbers of the Poor, Rural and Urban
	Is Asia Entering into the Urbanization of Poverty Trap?
	The $2.15/day Urban Poverty Estimate
	Urban Poverty AssessmentNational Level Poverty Lines
	Rural and Urban Poverty Gap Ratios and Gini Indices: Peoples Republic of China, India, and Indonesia
	Informal Settlements Population in Asia
	Economic Impact of Poor Sanitation
	Working Poverty: World and Asian Regions, 2002 and 2012
	Urbanization, Gross Domestic Product, and Urban Poverty: A Synoptic View
	Urbanization and Urban Poverty
	Gross Domestic Product and Urban Poverty
	Peoples Republic of Chinas Urban Poverty Line, Size of Poor Population, and Absolute Rate of Poverty, 19982007
	Population in Informal settlements in the Peoples Republic of China
	Headcount Rates of Povertya, 19911992 to 2010
	Number and Percentage of the Poor, India
	Urban Poverty in Pakistan
	Poverty Estimates in Cambodia, 2009
	Poverty Rates and the Poverty Gap, Viet Nam
	Country-Specific Interventions for Urban Poverty Reduction

Figures

	PovertyPopulation Trends
	City-Level Gini Coefficients: Asian Cities
	Per Capita Income and Urbanization Levels Across Asian Economies, 2011
	Urbanization and Urban Poverty: Selected Asian Countries
	Gross Domestic Product and Urban Poverty: Selected Asian Countries
	Peoples Republic of Chinas Urban Transition
	Bangladeshs Urban Transition
	Indias Urban Transition
	Pakistans Urban Transition
	Cambodias UrbanRural Population Growth Trends
	Indonesias Urban Transition
	Philippiness Urban Transition
	Viet Nams Urban Transition

Boxes

	Measuring Poverty
	Urbanization of Global Poverty
	National Urban Poverty Lines
	What is an Informal Settlement?
	Definition of Improved and Unimproved Sanitation and Water Supply
	Economic impacts of inadequate sanitation in India by categories, 2006
	Economic Importance of Sanitation
	Rights of the Child
	The Global Rise of Youth Unemployment
	Private Sectors Housing Involvement in Manilas Informal Settlement Communities

Appendix Tables

	Aggregate Poverty: Regional Aggregations 1990, 2008, and 2010
	Aggregate Poverty: Regional Aggregations
	Urban and rural poverty measures using a poverty line of $1.08/day: Regions and the World
	Proportion of Population below the Overall, Rural and Urban Poverty Line: Asian Economies
	Absolute Number of Poor: Overall, Rural and Urban
	Rural and Urban Poverty Gap Ratios and Gini Indices: Peoples Republic of China, India, and Indonesia
	Slum population Some Asian countries: 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2009
	Distribution of households by type of residence: Some Asian countries: 20002005

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