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Terms of Reference
REPORT SUMMARY
1 THE INQUIRY
The structure of this report
2 INTRODUCTION: URBAN POVERTY
Urbanisation and poverty
The growth of slums
Positive and negative aspects of urbanisation
The responses of developing country governments to urban poverty
Measuring urban poverty
Millennium Development Goal 7, Target 11
The decline of donor urban programming
Links between urban poverty and wider development issues
Unemployment and crime
Social exclusion
Population growth
Climate change and the environment
3 DFID'S RESPONSE TO URBAN POVERTY
Current programmes and projects
Asia
Africa
The Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility (CLIFF)
DFID's support to basic services in urban settings
Housing
Health
Education
Sanitation and water
Energy and transport
4 THE RESPONSE BY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
The response by multilateral institutions
The United Nations
The multilateral development banks
The role of community-led initiatives
The role of local government
Sharing of expertise by UK local government
Improved collaboration across Whitehall
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
5 IMPLICATIONS FOR DFID'S ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSE
The visibility of urban issues within DFID
Staffing and expertise
Making better use of the research and practitioner communities
An urban strategy
Replicating successes from Asia in Africa
DFID's role in moving urban poverty up the international agenda
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX: COMMITTEE'S VISIT PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE DURING THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 511-II)