Asian Cities in the 21st Century: Contemporary Approaches to Municipal Management
Vol. 5 Fighting Urban Poverty
Edited by Naved Hamid and Ma. Mildred R. Villareal
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This volume contains the views, experiences, and plans of Asian municipal leaders in tackling the high incidence of poverty amongst their citizens through five critical interventions:
- creating jobs for the poor
- building partnerships for reducing poverty
- working together to improve slums
- expanding housing for the poor
- getting rid of urban wastes
258 pages
Foreword [ PDF: 123kb | 10 pages ]
Summary [ PDF: 71kb | 9 pages ] Opening Statements [ PDF: 130kb | 17 pages ]
- Chen Liangyu
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- Standing Vice Mayor,Shanghai Municipal Government
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- People ’s Republic of China
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- Masaru Yoshitomi
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- Dean, Asian Development Bank Institute
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- Myoung-Ho Shin
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- Vice President (West), Asian Development Bank
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- Lou Jiwei
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- Vice Minister, Ministry of Finance
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- People ’s Republic of China
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Addressing Urban Poverty Issues [ PDF: 339kb | 38 pages ]
- Karina Constantino-David
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- Professor of Community Development,
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- University of the Philippines, and
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- Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
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- Coordinating Council, Philippines
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- Xu Kuangdi
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- Mayor, Shanghai Municipal Government,
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- People ’s Republic of China
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- Dinesh Mehta
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- Coordinator, Urban Management Programme
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- United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
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- Asad A.Shah
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- Manager, Water Supply, Urban Development and
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- Housing Division (East), Asian Development Bank
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- Bambang Sungkono
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- Chairman, Regional Development Planning Board
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- Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Lajana Manandhar
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- Program Coordinator
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- LUMANTI Support Group for Shelter, Nepal
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Creating Jobs for the Poor [ PDF: 150kb | 18 pages ]
- Weng Fulin
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- Mayor, Fuzhou Municipality, People ’s Republic of China
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- Jayshree Vyas
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- Managing Director, Shri Mahila Sewa Sahakari Bank Ltd.,
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- Ahmedabad, India
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- Benjamin R.Quiñones, Jr.
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- Programme Coordinator, Asian and
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- Pacific Development Centre, Malaysia
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Poor No More: Reducing Poverty Through Partnerships [ PDF: 179kb | 24 pages ]
- Omar Z.Kamil
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- Mayor,Colombo,Sri Lanka
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- Mary Racelis
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- Director, Institute of Philippine Culture
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- Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
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Working Together to Improve Slums [ PDF: 194kb | 29 pages ]
- Pongsak Semson
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- Inspector General
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- Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, Thailand
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- Arif Hasan
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- Chairman, Orangi Pilot Project, Research and Training Institute
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- Karachi, Pakistan
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- Emiel Wegelin
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- Director, Institute of Housing and Urban Development
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- Studies, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Providing Housing for the Poor [ PDF: 189kb | 29 pages ]
- Prasanna K.Mohanty
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- Commissioner and Special Officer
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- Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad
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- Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Andrew Regalado
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- National Director, Habitat for Humanity
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- Philippines Foundation, Inc.
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- Somsook Boonyabancha
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- Secretary General
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- Asian Coalition for Housing Rights and Managing Director
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- Urban Community Development Office,Thailand
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Improving Service Delivery to the Poor [ PDF: 183kb | 21 pages ]
- Naved Hamid
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- Senior Economist, Asian Development Bank
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- Rabial Mallick
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- Project Leader
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- Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society
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- Calcutta, India
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Networking [ PDF: 123kb | 13 pages ]
- Fahmy Ismail
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- Deputy Municipal Commissioner
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- Colombo Municipal Council,and Secretary General
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- CityNet-Sri Lanka National Chapter
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- P.U.Asnani
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- Vice President
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- City Managers ’Association of Gujarat
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- Ahmedabad, India
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Getting Rid of Urban Wastes [ PDF: 192kb | 29 pages ]
- Mary Jane C.Ortega
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- Mayor
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- City of San Fernando, Philippines
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- A.H.Md. Maqsood Sinha and Iftekhar Enayetullah
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- Waste Concern, Dhaka City, Bangladesh
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- Kunitoshi Sakurai
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- Professor, University of Okinawa, Japan
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Concluding Remarks [ PDF: 76kb | 7 pages ]
- S.B.Chua
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- Director, Capacity Building
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- Asian Development Bank Institute
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List of Participants and Abbreviations [ PDF: 84 kb | 17 pages ]
© Asian Development Bank 2001
All rights reserved
First published March 2001
The findings, interpretations, and conclusions herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Asian Development Bank Institute,or the Asian Development Bank or its member governments.The ADB Institute and ADB do not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this publication and accept no responsibility whatsoever for any consequences of their use.
ISBN 971-561-317-9
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