[sustran] Draft Paper on Poverty and Urban Transport

[SUSTRAN Resource Centre]

Just added to the SUSTRAN web site (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2853/) is a draft of a paper on Urban Transport and Poverty in Asia that I have written to be presented at the Regional Symposium on Urban Poverty, to be held in Fukuoka, Japan in late October. The meeting has been organised by several UN agencies.

The paper is a broad review of the issue and I would welcome any comments to improve it and which might make the discussions at the meeting more focused and productive. I don't pretend to be a great expert on this, so there may be important issues that some of you might think I have missed. 

The Symposium is aimed at creating a new network (Asian Urban Poverty Forum) of various actors to take action on urban poverty in the region. So ideas for action for this Forum would be especially welcome. 

Best wishes,
Paul


A. Rahman Paul Barter
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