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Pro-Poor Urban Infrastructure Investments

A Guide for Municipalities

Publisher: Cities Development Initiative for Asia

Place of Publish: Philippines, Metro Manila

Year: 2012

Page Numbers: 35

Acc. No: 4855

Class No: 362.5 PRO

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Social Problems and Services

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English

This publication is intended as a practical guide for mayors, local government officials, sector specialists, planners, and other decision makers involved in the programming and design of urban infrastructure projects in medium-sized cities. The Guide aims to: facilitate understanding of concepts and issues related to the design of infrastructure projects that will directly or indirectly benefit the urban poor, assist local government officials, sector specialists, and project planners in the formulation and design of pro-poor infrastructure investment project, and stimulate change and motivate mayors, local government officials, and other decision makers in medium-sized cities to make use of pro-poor infrastructure investments in their cities with an eye on increased competitiveness; this should be a two-pronged approach to both urban development and poverty reduction. http://cdia.asia/publication/pro-poor-urban-infrastructure-investments-a-guide-for-municipalities/