: gender and urban poverty India. Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation text New Delhi Oxford University Press 2016 monographic xxiv, 253p. It 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. Economic Conditions Government Policy Urban Women Urban Poor India 307.12160954 STA- 9780199466719