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Dissemination Seminar and Book Launch of the Publication City Development Strategies to Reduce Poverty
25 June 2004; Da Nang, Viet Nam

Background

The seminar and book launch of the publication City Development Strategies to Reduce Poverty is the final activity of RETA 6026: Promoting Urban Poverty Reduction through Participation in the Cities Alliance. Under this initiative the cities of Caloocan, Quezon and Taguig in the Philippines, Calicut in India, and Da Nang in Viet Nam have developed a City Development Strategy (CDS) to improve urban management and a Cities Without Slums (CWS) program to upgrade blighted areas and strengthen the impact of poverty reduction interventions.

The Da Nang People Committee with participation from other government agencies and non government organizations will present the highlights of Da Nang City's programs, key findings and recommendations on Da Nang CDS and CWS to a group of city officials and stakeholders.

ADB is organizing the seminar and book launch in cooperation with the Da Nang People Committee who supported RETA 6026 in Da Nang in 2002.

Objectives

The objectives of the seminar are to

• exchange information on City Development Strategy and City Without Slums approaches and outputs
• identify priority needs and opportunities for capacity building and sustained participation in various programs of the city in particular those related to poverty reduction

Participants

Participants from the following have been invited

Contacts

Allen Williams
Principal Urban Development Specialist, RSAN
E-Mail: awilliams@adb.org

Victoria de Villa
Urban Development Specialist
E-Mail: vdevilla@adb.org