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1、TableofContentsForewordivPublicDisclosureAuthorizedAbstractvAcknowledgmentsvi1.TheCityPovertyAssessment?YetAnotherAcademic1ReportofMyOverstudiedCity?2.WhyCareAboutthePoor?23.CityPovertyIndicators3TypesofIndicators3PublicDisclosureAuthorizedDataSources8CityPovertyInformationStrategy124
2、.TheCityPovertyProfile?ABasicSnapshot135.MoreThanaSnapshot?ChangesOverTime206.BeyondIndicatorsandtheProfile?Understandingthe23MeaningofPovertyReductionandPolicyImpacts7.CityFinancesandthePoor24PublicDisclosureAuthorized8.CityAnti-PovertyPrograms289.CityGrowthandPovertyReduction3210.Co
3、ncludingRemarks34References35PublicDisclosureAuthorizediiiForewordCitiesandtownsareincreasinglybecomingtheprimarylocusofpovertyinmanycountries.Rural-urbanmigrationandlowurbanmortalityrateshavecontributedtotherapidpopulationgrowthofcitiesinmanypartsoftheworld.Withsuchrapidgrowthalsocom
4、esanincreasingconcentrationofpovertyinurbanareas.Inparallel,moreandmorecountriesassignlocalgovernmentsincreasedresponsibilityinfightingpoverty.Withdecentralization,theresponsibilityoflocalsocialpolicygoesbeyondtheexecutionofcentrallydesignedandfundededucationandhealthprograms.Inmanyco
5、untries,localpolicymakerstodaydecideontaxrates,expenditurepolicies,developmentofnewassistanceprograms,incentivesforlocaleconomicdevelopment,landandzoninglaws,etc.Theformulationofpro-poorlocalpoliciesrequiresgoodinformationandanalyses.Localgovernmentsandtheirpartnershavebothanopportuni
6、tyandaneedtounderstandthedeterminantsofpovertyandimpedimentsforitsreduction.Thispaperisanintroductiontohowsuchlocalinformationonpovertycanbegatheredandanalyzed.Thepaperisnotmeanttobeacomprehensiveguidetoinformationsources,povertyindicators,andmethodologies.Rather,itaimstoprovidelocalp
7、olicymakerswithabroadoverviewofthetypeofquestionstypicallyaskedandansweredinCityPovertyAssessments.Asthenatureofpovertydifferswidelybetweencitiesandcountries,sowillthecontentofsuchpovertyassessmentsastheyhavetobeadaptedtolocalneeds.MichaelWaltonDirector,PovertyReductionPovertyReductio
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