00000nam a22000008i 4500 20260913094855.0 260919s2011 ii 00 0 eng d 9789350180167 2011350927 A.K. Jain The Informal City / Inclusive Growth for Poverty Alleviation A.K. Jain. New Delhi Readworthy Press Corporation 2011. Although efforts are made to provide and protect the rights of citizens in respect of livelihood, food, shelter, education and basic services, there are serious gaps in the plans of inclusive growth and actual delivery, which make way for informal cities. This book addresses the issues concerning the urban poverty and its manifestation in the form of informal city. Looking at the ongoing practices, perceptions, plans and programmes based on participatory learning process, it analyses various inter-related aspects of growth and poverty alleviation, viz-a-viz the problems of housing, basic infrastructural services, transport, micro-credit and public health. Based on an in-depth analysis, it suggests strategies for inclusive and empowered informal sector. Poverty--Government policy--India. Informal sector (Economics)--India. Urban policy--India. Urban poor--Services for--India. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development bisacsh