01126nam a22001217a 4500020001800000082002300018245007000041260004700111300001600158520069400174650007500868710006100943  a9780199466719  a307.12160954bSTA-  aA State of The Urban Poor Report 2015b: gender and urban poverty  a New Delhib Oxford University Pressc2016  axxiv, 253p.  aIt is increasingly being recognized that effective management of the urbanization process across India is going to be imperative to ensure equitable and sustained development. Economic growth and gender equality are positively correlated. Although gender issues have been widely debated in the context of urbanization and urban poverty alleviation policy framework, it has yet to be addressed perceptibly. The State of the Urban Poor Report 2015 has been envisaged keeping in mind the critical need to examine gender issues relevant to urban poverty alleviation practices and mechanisms, as well as to find ways of bringing gender sensitivity into the urban management practices in India.   aEconomic ConditionsvGovernment PolicyvUrban WomenvUrban PoorzIndia  aIndia. Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation