2. The UN
estimates that in Asia at present:
·800
million people live on less than $1/day
·500+
million people live in slums
3. Poverty
is not only a lack of income, but also:
·lack
of productive assets
·lack
of access to essential services
·lack
of participation and power
4. UN ESCAP’s
work is guided by the Millennium Declaration which calls
on the international community to halve world poverty
by 2015
5. The Millennium Declaration sets
specific goals
Millennium Development Goal
7, Target 11 calls for a significant improvement in
the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020
6. UN ESCAP
advocates the right to adequate housing
It promotes inclusive policies
that support the poor to take part in and to benefit
from development, including better housing
7. The government
is a traditional supplier of housing and public services,
but it now lacks resources to meet the growing urban
needs
8. The unprecedented
rate of urbanization demands new ways to mobilize [public
and private] resources to improve the quality of urban
life
9. The urban
poor need land in suitable location and connected to
basic urban services; such land is unaffordable in the
market
New mechanisms need to be developed to secure land for
housing the poor
10. Housing
finance is critical to improve housing
Formal and informal financial
sectors need to be linked to bring housing finance to
the poor
11. Basic
services are even more important than the shelter itself
Supported by government,
communities can build their own infrastructure
Service delivery to the
poor can be privatized to the formal and informal private
sector
12. Regulations
should allow the formal and informal sector and communities
to be involved in housing and service delivery to the
poor
13. Housing
projects for the poor cannot succeed, unless other income
groups are well housed
The private sector must
be the primary supplier of housing to middle-income
groups
14. UN ESCAP’s
role in poverty reduction is to:
