| The different dimensions of poverty and their causal factors underscore the need for policy and institutional reforms at the national as well as the city level, in order to achieve sustainable and replicable improvements in the conditions facing the poor. As presented in table 2 (in what is urban poverty), policy actions need to be structured to enhance the poor assets to decrease their vulnerability and capacity to manage their assets. |
|
|
Policy and institutional reform areas discussed in each sub-section are:
|