David Satterthwaite
Reducing urban poverty: constraints on the effectiveness of aid agencies and development banks and some suggestions for change
International Institute for Environment and Development
paper discusses institutional constraints aid agencies development banks face able address urban poverty include limited capacity support local institutions respond needs priorities lowincome groups accountable describes distance decisionmaking processes international agencies urban poor limited possibilities urban poor influence gets funded also discusses political constraints inhibited effective donor agencies suggests support locally based funds community initiatives could help overcome ends describing low priority given donor agencies urban poverty reduction suggests changes would help development assistance meet targets reducing urban poverty