Download or read book Tackling Urban Poverty in Bangladesh written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 1997* with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Face of Urbanization and Urban Poverty in Bangladesh written by Pranab Kumar Panday and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents academic research on urbanization, urban poverty and slum development initiatives in South Asia, in general, and Bangladesh, in particular, in the light of global slum upgrading initiatives. It combines the urban poverty and slum development initiatives globally and country-specific context in a single frame. The book identifies different dimensions of urban poverty, best practices of slum development initiatives, and challenges of the implementation of these programs so that the government and different development partners redesign their implementation strategies as regards to reducing the urban poverty and making improvement to the living conditions of the slum dwellers. The book provides a clear understanding of the penetrating procedures of different slum development initiatives in the global perspectives, following the operation procedure of different programs in Bangladesh. This allows the readers to make a comparison of the operating procedures of different programs.
Download or read book Institutional Change and Urban Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh written by Christian Henne and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty and Vulnerability in Dhaka Slums written by Jane A. Pryer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bangladesh has low levels of urbanization but a high urban population in absolute terms, being one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Rapid urbanization in developing countries brings numerous problems and challenges; urban poverty is one important issue. This important volume presents the findings of a complex and revealing multidisciplinary cohort study conducted in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Detailed information was assembled on material, social and economic conditions, livelihoods, health and nutritional status. Together with associated qualitative work, the data forms the basis for understanding groups who are vulnerable to economic and environmental shocks and stresses, and for differentiating strategies which might be adaptive in situations of hardship and scarcity. The author examines many aspects of poverty and vulnerability including livelihoods, work disabling illness and coping strategies, the female workforce, women’s negotiation and well being, marital instability, child labour, and investments in health and nutrition, and utilizes the assembled material to debate on policy options.
Download or read book Urban Poverty in Bangladesh written by Shahadat Hossain and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The analysis of urban poverty has traditionally been dominated by economic approaches, often neglecting the social questions arising from poverty. This book seeks to redress the balance and is based on both quantitative and qualitative data collected from different slums in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Shahadat Hossain shows that the slum communities experience the highest level of poverty and marginality in the city. They remain very much dependent on their families and social networking in their struggle to adapt to urban life. This book will be invaluable for those working in the areas of urban studies, development studies, Asian studies, sociology and social policy studies.
Download or read book Pro poor Planning in Bangladesh written by Tanjil Sowgat and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the current neoliberal regime, the numbers of urban poor are increasing in the rapidly-urbanising regions of the global South, including Bangladesh. Formal urban planning approaches derived from experience in the global North, have failed to tackle the consequent poverty challenges. This study aims to improve the planning system for tackling urban poverty in Bangladesh, using Khulna city as a case study. Following a review of the international literature on urban poverty and urban planning, a conceptual framework for the analysis of the case study is constructed. An investgiation of the poverty situation in Khulna through an analysis of secondary data and a field study of selected informal settlements is then undertaken followed by a detailed examination of current planning processes, institutional arrangements and policies through key actor interviews and an analysis of the current poverty situation. The literature shows that urban spatial poverty in the global South is characterised by deprivation, exclusion and deficiencies in individual capability and participation in decision-making. Rational communication in favour of the poor should be a crucial part of the planning process; neo-liberal development policies should be supplemented by a coordinated role for key urban actors, including public bodies; poverty-focused and just planning policies needs to be implemented to ensure justice for the poor and to tackle spatial and capaibility deprivation and exclusion. The Khulna case reveals that the actual planning practice fails to follow these established pro-poor principles since it is predominantly controlled by expert opinion and dependent on traditional survey-based analysis rather than on a participatory mechanism. Many actors are active in the spatial development of Khulna but their efforts are uncoordinated, with public agencies playing a limited plan-making role. Existing plans fail to provide policies to tackle major poverty problems such as the lack of formal employment and decent incomes, over-dependency on the informal economy, poor housing conditions, slum living and inadequate or sub-standard urban services. This study recommends that there should be new statutory laws to ensure meaningful participation of the poor, a strong role for the city corporation in engaging the poor in decision-making and a pro-active role for the planners in promoting awareness of planning issues among the poor. Effective collaboration requires enhanced powers of coordination for the planning authority and its strong cooperation with the city corporation. Local policy-makers should acknowledge national strategies for urban poverty elimination and a coherent planning policy for different administrative tiers, a reduction in economic-growth and market-biased policies and a statutory requirement to safeguard the interests of the poor. These findings contribute to broadening the knowledge base on pro-poor planning and development in developing countries in general.
Download or read book Urban Poverty in Asia written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an overview of important urban poverty questions. What defines urban poverty and how is urban poverty being measured? What other factors beyond consumption poverty need to be tackled? Who are the urban poor? What relations exist between urban poverty and city size? What linkages exist between urbanization, income, and urban poverty? What policy responses to urban poverty are implemented in selected Asian countries? The report served as a background study for the International Policy Workshop on Urban Poverty and Inclusive Cities in Asia, organized by the Asian Development Bank and the International Poverty Reduction Center held from 24-25 June 2013 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, the People's Republic of China.
Download or read book When Method Matters written by Martin Ravallion and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Urban Poor in Bangladesh Comprehensive summary report written by UNICEF. and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Neglecting the Urban Poor in Bangladesh written by Nicola Banks and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bangladesh, urban poverty is neglected in research, policy and action on poverty reduction. This paper explores the underlying foundations for this relative neglect, including national identity and image, the political economy of urban poverty, and the structuring of knowledge creation. It argues for more comprehensive policy and programmes for the urban poor given Bangladesh's increasingly urban future and the growing magnitude of urban poverty. The impact of climate change will accelerate Bangladesh's ongoing urbanisation, as well as deepen the scale and severity of urban poverty. That urban poverty reduction will subsequently be increasingly important to the ability to meet national goals for poverty reduction means that policy and action must pay more attention to the urban poor. This is contingent upon two factors: a better understanding of the scale and nature of urban poverty reduction and vulnerability, and the confrontation of powerful interests necessary to secure national commitment to urban poverty reduction.
Download or read book Dhaka s Changing Landscape written by Rita Afsar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1991 and 2010, Dhaka’s population more than doubled to 15 million. Simultaneously, the city’s contribution to the national economy almost trebled. Clearly, population growth was accompanied by an unmistakable trend of economic growth, and a significant decline in urban poverty and income inequality. On the other hand, Dhaka’s high population density exacerbated serious environmental challenges, and it was soon ranked as one of the world’s least livable cities. In the context of these contradictory signals of rapid urbanization, Dhaka’s Changing Landscape sets to answer three most intriguing questions: Are the poorer segments of urban population, which migrate with dreams for better lives, benefitting from positive economic trends? Are these benefits sustainable? Are these benefits creating scope for this group to have a stake in the city’s growing prosperity? By studying 600 households and applying comparative analysis over a span of 20 years, the authors examine demographic and economic trends to understand the patterns, scale, and complexity of urban poverty, income inequality, and rural–urban migration. Going beyond the space and poverty debate, they enlighten the readers about the quality of life questions, sustainability matters, and gender and generational roles and relations necessary to understand qualitative transformation and migrants’ prospects for a better future.
Download or read book Access to Justice for the Urban Poor written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication suggests solutions that can be built into the design of urban development projects undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to address the common problems and grievances of the urban poor, and to improve urban governance overall. It also identifies succesful or promising community-based approaches to dispute resolution that can be useful in urban project design. It uses ADB's Governance Policy as a framework for analyzing key findings of Access to Justice for the Urban Poor, a regional technical assistance grant to four developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific- Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Hilippines, and Thailand. The findings consist of case studies illustrating typical problems encountered by the poor in connection with access to urban assets and services, and identifies the types of grievances or disputes that may arise because of these issues. The publication reproduces key case studies to illustrate significant concepts.
Download or read book Technical Assistance to the People s Republic of Bangladesh for the Urban Poverty Reduction Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Addressing the Urban Poverty Agenda in Bangladesh written by Nazrul Islam and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles.
Download or read book Toward Great Dhaka written by Julia Bird and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique strategic opportunity beckons Bangladesh. Dhaka, the economic powerhouse of the country, stands on the cusp of a dramatic transformation that could make it much more prosperous and livable. Today, Dhaka is prone to flooding, congestion, and messiness, to a point that is clogging its growth. But toward its east, where two major highway corridors will one day intersect, is a vast expanse of largely rural land. And much of it is within 6 kilometers of the most valuable parts of the city. The time to make the most of this eastward opportunity is now. Many parts of East Dhaka are already being developed in a haphazard way at an alarmingly rapid pace. Private developers are buying land and filling it with sand so they can build and sell new houses and apartments. Canals and ponds are disappearing, and the few narrow roads crossing the area are being encroached by construction. This spontaneous development could soon make East Dhaka look like the messy western part of the city, and retrofitting it later will be more difficult and costlier than properly planning and developing it now. Toward Great Dhaka: A New Urban Development Paradigm Eastward seeks to analyze how the opportunity of East Dhaka could be realized. Using state-of-the-art modeling techniques, the study simulates population, housing, economic activity, and commuting times across the 266 unions that constitute Greater Dhaka. It does so under various scenarios for the development of East Dhaka, but always assessing the implications for the entire city. The simulations suggest that pursuing a strategic approach to the development of East Dhaka would make Greater Dhaka a much more productive and livable city than continuing with business as usual. Based on current trends, Greater Dhaka would have a population of 25 million in 2035 and an income per capita of US$8,000 at 2015 prices. However, embracing a strategic approach would add 5 million people to the city. And, it would be a more productive city, with nearly 1.8 million more jobs and an income per capita of more than US$9,200 at 2015 prices, enough to put Dhaka on the map of global cities.
Download or read book Study of Urban Poverty in Bangladesh written by Nazrul Islam and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asian Cities in the 21st Century Fighting urban poverty written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, published by the ADB Institute and ADB, contains the views, experiences, and plans of Asian municipal leaders in tackling the high incidence of poverty among 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, and getting rid of urban waste.
