Introduction / Nabeel Hamdi
1. Understanding urban and the management of change / David Satterthwaite
2. Understanding poverty : urban longitudinal research methodology / Caroline Moser
3. Young lives : panel studies and child poverty / Trudy Harpham, Ian Wilson and Sharon Huttly
4. Poverty and urban violence / Leo Thomas
5. question of voice : informality and pro-poor policy in Johannesburg, South Africa / Steven Friedman, Kenny Hlela and Paul Thulare
6. Begging, requesting, demanding, negotiating : moving towards urban poor partnerships in governance / Mary Racelis
7. Migratory flows, poverty and social inclusion in Latin America / Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso and Luis Valenzuela
8. Room for manoeuvre : tenure and the urban poor in India / Sunil Kumar
9. Urban housing and livelihoods : comparative case examples from Kenya and India / Michael Majale
10. Housing policy and economic reform : a comparative case of Argentina and Mexico / Cecilia Zanetta
11. Land for housing the poor in African cities : are neo-customary processes an effective alternative to formal systems? / Alain Durand-Lasserve
12. Street trade in Kenya : the contribution of research in policy dialogue and response / Winnie V. Mitullah
Epilogue : the answers we need now to prepare for our urban futures / Shlomo Angel.