Table of Contents:
Part 1.
Chapter 1. Economic Development and Urban Poverty / S.R. Hashim
Chapter 2. The Gender Dimensions of Urban Poverty / Preet Rustagi, Sandip Sarkar, and Pinaki Joddar
Chapter 3. Poverty and Migration: Does Moving Help? / D.P. Singh --
Chapter 4. The Unorganized Sector and Urban Poverty: Issues of Livelihood / Jeemol Unni
Chapter 5. Changing sectoral profile of the urban economy and implications for urban poverty / Dinesh Awasthi, S.P. Kashyap, and Jignasu Yagnik
Chapter 6. Urban Microfinance in the Context of Urban Poverty / Tara S. Nair
Part 2.
Chapter 7. The Millennium Development Goals and the Role of Cities / Sneha Palnitkar
Chapter 8. Access to Basic Amenities and Urban Security: An Interstate Analysis with a Focus on the Social Sustainability of Cities / Amitabh Kundu
Chapter 9. The Poor and Morphology of Cities / Neelima Risbud
Chapter 10. Urban Land Market and Access of the Poor / Darshini Mahadevia
Chapter 11. Basic Services For the Urban Poor: Innovative Actions and Interventions / R.V. Rama Rao
Chapter 12. Access of the Urban Poor to Health and Education Services / Amulya Ratna Nanda
Chapter 13. Alleviating Urban Poverty: Income Growth, Income Distribution, or Decentralization? / Om Prakash Mathur
Chapter 14. Elite Capture and Marginalization of the Poor in Participatory Urban Governance: A Case of Resident Welfare Associations in Metro Cities / Debolina Kundu
Part 3.
Chapter 15. Living Rough, Surviving City Streets: A Study of the Homeless Populations in Delhi, Chennai, Patna, and Madurai / Harsh Mander
Chapter 16. Urban Informal Sector: The Need for Bottom-Up Agenda of Economic Reforms-Case Studies of Cycle Rikshaws and Street Vendors in Delhi / Madhu Purnima Kishwar.
Notes on Contributors