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East Asia and Pacific Cities

Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, result...

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Other Authors: Baker, Judy L.
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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description Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting in increasing slums, deficits in basic service provision, and widening inequality for urban dwellers. This study aims to better understand urban poverty and inequality in East Asian cities, recognizing that many countries of the region, particularly those of middle-income status, are at a critical juncture in their urbanization and growth process where potential social divisions in cities could harm prospects for future poverty reduction. The study uses a multidimensional approach to understand urban poverty and inclusion and draws on examples of programs and policies that have been successfully implemented in the East Asia region to develop a set of guiding principles for policy makers.
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spelling wb-10986-276142026-06-13T02:17:19Z East Asia and Pacific Cities Expanding Opportunities for the Urban Poor Baker, Judy L. Gadgil, Gauri U. URBAN POVERTY URBAN INCLUSION URBAN INEQUALITY SLUMS SOCIAL INCLUSION ECONOMIC INCLUSION SPATIAL INCLUSION URBAN POOR URBAN INFORMALITY INCLUSION IN CITIES Urbanization in East Asia and the Pacific has created enormous opportunity for many. Yet the rapid growth of cities can also create challenges as national and local governments try to keep up with the needs of their growing populations. Among these challenges is a lack of affordable housing, resulting in increasing slums, deficits in basic service provision, and widening inequality for urban dwellers. This study aims to better understand urban poverty and inequality in East Asian cities, recognizing that many countries of the region, particularly those of middle-income status, are at a critical juncture in their urbanization and growth process where potential social divisions in cities could harm prospects for future poverty reduction. The study uses a multidimensional approach to understand urban poverty and inclusion and draws on examples of programs and policies that have been successfully implemented in the East Asia region to develop a set of guiding principles for policy makers. 2017-07-18T14:43:15Z 2017-07-18T14:43:15Z 2017-07-19 Book Livre Libro 978-1-4648-1093-0 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27614 10.1596/978-1-4648-1093-0 English en_US Urban Development; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf World Bank, Washington, DC
spellingShingle URBAN POVERTY
URBAN INCLUSION
URBAN INEQUALITY
SLUMS
SOCIAL INCLUSION
ECONOMIC INCLUSION
SPATIAL INCLUSION
URBAN POOR
URBAN INFORMALITY
INCLUSION IN CITIES
East Asia and Pacific Cities
title East Asia and Pacific Cities
title_full East Asia and Pacific Cities
title_fullStr East Asia and Pacific Cities
title_full_unstemmed East Asia and Pacific Cities
title_short East Asia and Pacific Cities
title_sort east asia and pacific cities
topic URBAN POVERTY
URBAN INCLUSION
URBAN INEQUALITY
SLUMS
SOCIAL INCLUSION
ECONOMIC INCLUSION
SPATIAL INCLUSION
URBAN POOR
URBAN INFORMALITY
INCLUSION IN CITIES
url https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27614