Reducing urban poverty

Relieving urban fringe poverty
Easing conditions of urban poverty

Description

Reducing urban poverty involves implementing targeted interventions to improve access to basic services, affordable housing, and sustainable livelihoods for low-income urban populations. Essential actions include expanding employment opportunities, enhancing social protection, upgrading informal settlements, and ensuring equitable access to education and healthcare. These measures directly address the root causes of urban poverty, aiming to improve living conditions, increase economic resilience, and promote social inclusion within rapidly growing urban environments.

Implementation

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

Agenda 21 recommends generating employment for the urban poor, particularly women, through provision, improvement and maintenance of urban infrastructure and services and support for economic activities in the informal sector, such as repairs, recycling, services and small commerce.