The Symposium was organized into four tracks: Dimensions of Poverty and Livelihoods; Urban Health and Safety; Urban Policies and Planning for Housing and Basic Services; and Land Access and Land Use. Links are provided to the speaker profiles, research abstracts, presentations and papers.

 

	Topic I: Dimensions of Poverty and Livelihoods.	Topic II: Urban Health and Safety.	Topic III: Urban Policies and Planning for Housing and Basic Services.	Topic IV: Land Access and Land Use.
Group A	Assessments of urban poverty.	Health and nutrition dimensions of urban poverty.	Planning models and policy frameworks for housing sector development.	Tenure and property rights.
Group B	Urban labor markets and poverty.	Health and urban governance.	Participation and information in the provision of basic services.	Access to land, services and upgrading of urban slums.
Group C	Urban responses to street traders.	Urban safety and security.	Assessing and managing urban growth-economic and poverty implications.	Land markets, policy and planning.
Group D	Rural-urban transition and linkages in livelihoods.	N/A	Comparative urban policies: implications for housing and urban services.	Land use, infrastructure, and provision of services.

Special Session - Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in the urban context.

 

DAY 1 – MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2003
PART I — PLENARY:  Video Coverage
1:00 PM Preston Auditorium	Introduction and Welcome. Chair: Nemat T. Shafik, Network Head and Vice President, Infrastructure Welcome Address: Shengman Zhang, Managing Director
1:30 PM Preston Auditorium	Keynote Addresses. Chair: François J. Bourguignon, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Development Economics Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, The Reserve Bank of India; "The Twenty First Century: Asia becomes urban" (ppt file) Edward Glaeser, Harvard University; "The promises and perils of urbanization in developing countries-economic, social and institutional dimensions" (ppt file) Questions & Answers, Open Discussion
3:00 PM Auditorium Lobby	Coffee Break.
PART II —BREAKOUTS
3:30 PM –5:30 PM	SESSION 1
	Topic I: Dimensions of Poverty and Livelihoods. Assessments of urban poverty. Session leader: Norman Hicks, World Bank (retired) Presenters: Anastassia Alexandrova, Institute for Urban Economics, Moscow; "Looking for a feasible disaggregation in urban poverty analysis: A case study of Tomsk region, Russia" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Valerie Kozel, World Bank; "In search of a chance: Urban opportunities, poverty and vulnerability in Northern India" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Janice Perlman, Trinity College, USA; "Livelihoods, chronic poverty and social mobility in Rio's Favelas: 1969-2002" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic II: Urban Health and Safety. Health and nutrition dimensions of urban poverty. Session leader: Milla McLachlan, World Bank Presenters: Mark Montgomery, Population Council, New York; "Looking beneath the urban averages: The effects of household and neighborhood poverty and city size on health" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Amaresh Dubey, North-Eastern Hill University, India; "Levels and determinants of hunger poverty in urban India during the 1990s" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Gina Kennedy, Food and Agriculture Organization; "Analysis of the disparities in nutritional status in the urban setting" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic III – Urban Policies and Planning for Housing and Basic Services. Planning models and policy frameworks for housing sector development. Session leader: Stephen Malpezzi, University of Wisconsin-Madison Presenters: Zhou Yu, University of Southern California; "Two sides of a success story in China's burgeoning housing market" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Benjamin Reif, Reif Consultores Asociados, Caracas; "Housing information system: A simulation model for strategic decision-making applied in Venezuela" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Paola Jiron, Institute of Housing, Faculty of Architecture & Urbanization, University of Chile; "A quality of life assessment to improve urban housing policies in Chile" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Emmanuel Fiadzo, World Bank; "On the estimation of determinants of housing quality: The case of Ghana" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic IV – Land Access and Land Use. Tenure and property rights. Session leader: H. James Brown, Lincoln Land Institute Presenters: Erica Field, Harvard University; "Property rights and household time allocation in urban squatter communities: Evidence from Peru" -- abstract | paper (pdf files) Sunil Kumar, London School of Economics and Political Science; "Room for maneuver--tenure and the poor in urban India" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Bachir Oloude, Societe d'Etudes Regionales, d'Habitat et d'Amenagement Urbain, Benin; "L'access et la security fonciere et reduction de la pauvrete en milieu urban: l'experience de la Republique du Benin" (in French) -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Alain Durand-Lasserve, National Center of Scientific Research, France; "Land for housing the poor in African cities through neo-customary processes: An effective alternative to formal systems?" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
5:45 PM MC 12th floor gallery	Reception.
DAY 2 – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2003
8:30 AM	Breakfast in Unsecured Lobby.
PART II — BREAKOUTS CONTINUED
9:00 AM –10:45 AM	SESSION 2
	Topic I – Dimensions of Poverty and Livelihoods. Urban labor markets and poverty. Session leader: Kalanidhi Subbarao, World Bank Presenters: Yves Zenou, University of Southampton; "Urban poverty, social networks, and job search methods: The case of Egypt" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Harris Selod, Institut National de Recherche Agronomique (INRA); "Does city structure cause unemployment? The case study of South African cities" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Walter Odhiambo, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research & Analysis; "Urban poverty and labor force participation in Kenya" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic II – Urban Health and Safety. Health and urban governance. Session leader: Mariam Claeson, World Bank Presenters: Kevin Kelly, Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, Institute for Social and Economic Research, South Africa; "Supporting local government responses to HIV/AIDS: Positions, priorities, possibilities" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) G.N.V. Ramana, World Bank; "Improving health outcomes among urban poor-the challenges and opportunities: Lessons from India Family Welfare Urban Slums Project" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Nupur Barua, Consultant, New Delhi; "Community-based health interventions for the urban poor in India" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic III – Urban Policies and Planning for Housing and Basic Services. Participation and information in the provision of basic services. Session leader: Sonia Hammam, World Bank Presenters: Patrick Wakely, Development Planning Unit, University College London; "Communication for sustainable urban partnerships: perceptions and prejudices in and between local government and low-income urban communities in Colombo, Nairobi, and Rio de Janeiro" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Steven Friedman, Centre for Policy Studies, South Africa; "Informality, associational life and urban poverty reduction with special reference to South Africa" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Mary Racelis, Ateneo de Manila University (Manila); "Begging, requesting, demanding, negotiating: Moving toward urban poor partnerships in governance" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic IV – Land Access and Land Use. Access to land, services and upgrading of urban slums. Session leader: David Satterthwaite, IIED Presenters: Arif Hasan, Mohammed Ali Society, Karachi; "The scaling-up of the Orangi pilot project's low-cost sanitation program through CBO-NGO-local government partnership in Pakistan" (was unable to attend) -- abstract | paper (pdf files) Lesley Dove, GHK International, UK; "Providing environmental urban services to the poor in Andra Pradesh: Developing strategic decision-making" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Tej Kumar Karki, Department of Urban Development and Building Construction, Kathmandu; "An evaluation of the urban poverty reduction program in Nepal to draw lessons for far reaching urban poverty reduction strategies" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Frederick Mugisha, African Population and Health Research Center, Kenya; "The nature of employment in Nairobi Slums: why is it a precondition for poor health and livelihood outcomes" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
10:45 AM	Coffee Break.
11:00 AM – 12:45 PM	SESSION 3
	Topic I – Dimensions of Poverty and Livelihoods. Urban responses to street traders. Session leader: Martha Chen, Harvard University Presenters: Panel on "Urban responses to street traders: A comparative perspective from India, Kenya and South Africa" Frances Lund, University of Natal, South Africa -- presentation | paper (pdf files) Winnie Mitullah, IDS, University of Nairobi, Kenya -- presentation | paper (pdf files) Sharit Bhowmik, University of Bombay, India -- presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic II – Urban Health and Safety. Urban safety and security. Session leader: Margaret Arnold, World Bank Presenters: Margarita Greene, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; "Urban safety in residential areas" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Murtaza Haider, McGill University; "Resistance to public transit regulation in developing countries: Equity, efficiency and safety in Islamabad and Lima" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Rosario Giusti de Perez, A.T. Sistemas Consultores Asociados C.A., Venezuela; "A search for urban policies to improve poverty conditions in public spaces" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Ayse Yonder, Huairou Commission and Pratt Institute; "From Disaster to Community Development: Policy implications of grassroots women's initiatives after the Marmara earthquake in Turkey" -- presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic III – Urban Policies and Planning for Housing and Basic Services. Assessing and managing urban growth-economic and poverty implications. Session leader: Solly Angel, New York University Presenters: Eric Heikkila, University of Southern California; "Fuzzy urban sets: A conceptual framework and implementation methodology for measuring urbanization" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Mona Serageldin, Harvard University; "Applied research on social inclusion in cities with larger migrant and floating populations" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Roberta Balstad Miller, Earth Institute, Columbia University; "The use of remote sensing and GIS in urban policy and governance" (was unable to attend) -- abstract | paper (pdf files)
	Topic IV – Land Access and Land Use. Land markets, policy and planning. Session leader: David Dowall, University of California, Berkeley Presenters: Diana Motta, Applied Economic Research Institute (IPEA), Brazil; "An empirical study of land markets and land policy in three Brazilian metropolitan areas" (in Portuguese) -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Adriana Fausto Brito, University of Guadalajara; "The role of local government in settlement regularization: Recent legal and management instruments for the Guadalajara metropolitan area" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Geoffrey Payne, Geoffrey Payne & Associates, UK; "Getting ahead of the game: A twin-track approach to improving existing slums and reducing the need for future slums" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
1:00 PM	Lunch.
2:30 PM – 4:15 PM	SESSION 4
	Topic I – Dimensions of Poverty and Livelihoods. Rural-urban transition and linkages in livelihoods. Session leader: Kevin Cleaver, World Bank Presenters: James Garrett, International Food Policy Research (IFPRI), Washington, DC; "An urban-rural comparison of consumption and expenditure" (was unable to attend) -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Lire Ersado, World Bank; "Income diversification in Zimbabwe: Welfare implications from urban and rural areas" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) François Yatta, Municipal Development Partnership, Benin; "Strengthening the Local Economy: lessons drawn from the ECOLOC program for poverty reduction in west African cities" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic III – Urban Policies and Planning for Housing and Basic Services. Comparative urban policies: implications for housing and urban services. Session leader: Mila Freire, World Bank Presenters: Michael Majale, Intermediate Technology Development Group, UK; "An integrated approach to urban housing development: Has a case been made?" (Kenya, India) -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Cecilia Zanetta, University of Tennessee; "Determinants of national housing and urban policies in the context of economic reform programs: A comparison of Mexico and Argentina during the 1980s and 1990s" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Glenn Pearce-Oroz, USAID/Honduras; "Local institutions matter: decentralized provision of water and sanitation in secondary cities in Honduras" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Topic IV– Land Access and Land Use. Land use, infrastructure, and provision of services. Session leader: Bob Buckley, World Bank Presenters: Alain Bertaud, Consultant; "The welfare costs of land use regulations in India" -- presentation | paper (pdf files) Somik Lall, World Bank; "Location and welfare within cities: Estimating the impacts of intra-urban location choices" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Santiago Camargo, Architect; "Process of reconstruction of a sector of the city of Armenia, Colombia" (in Spanish) -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files)
	Special Session - Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in the Urban Context.   Session leader: Sudhir Shetty, World Bank Presenters: Naison Mutizwa-Mangiza, UN-HABITAT; "Key Findings of the UN-Habitat 2003 Global Report on Human Settlements: Enumerating the Slum Population for Target 11" -- abstract | presentation | paper (pdf files) Elliott Sclar, Columbia University; "Interim Report of the MDG Task Force on Target 11--Improving the lives of slumdwellers" -- presentation | paper (pdf files) Stephen Commins, World Bank; "Lessons and findings of World Development Report 2004 (Making Services Work for Poor People) in an urban perspective" -- presentation | paper (pdf files)
4:15 PM	Coffee Break.
4:30 - 5:45 PM	Roundtables on Priorities for Research. Roundtable Summary Report Governance: Tim Campbell, World Bank Poverty assessment/diagnostics: Judy Baker, World Bank Housing and urban services: Bob Buckley, World Bank Land: Vitor Serra, World Bank Incomes and employment: Uwe Deichmann, World Bank Health, safety and security: Roy Gilbert, World Bank Urban finance: Patricia Annez, World Bank Methods of urban planning: Fitz Ford, World Bank
DAY 3 – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003
8:30 AM	Breakfast in Unsecured Lobby.
PART III — PLENARY
9:00 AM Preston Auditorium	Concluding Panel.  Video coverage Chair: Zmarak Shalizi, World Bank Speakers: Elinor Ostrom and Amos Sawyer, Indiana University; "Polycentric Organization: A Fundamental Requisite for Solving Urban Problems" (ppt file) Questions and Answers
10:30-10:45 AM Auditorium Lobby	Coffee Break.
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Preston Auditorium	Summary Reports.  Video coverage Chair: Maryvonne Plessis-Fraissard, World Bank Roundtable Summary Report by Christine Kessides, World Bank
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Preston Auditorium	Open Discussion of Research Agenda Priorities and Follow-Up.
12:45 PM	Lunch.