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The challenges of urban poverty in Asia are daunting, and investments in urban infrastructure play a key role in addressing these. Cities in Asia need the will, the skills and the resources for working actively towards pro-poor development. The long-term aim of the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) is ‘to contribute to the promotion of sustainable and pro-poor urban development, leading to improved environmental and living conditions for all in medium-sized Asian cities’ (2015 CDIA Operational Guidelines).

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This Gender Strategy and Action Plan expresses CDIA’s commitment to gender equality as a goal and gender mainstreaming as a strategy. It outlines CDIA’s view on the need for and approach to gender equality. The results of CDIA’s efforts vis-à-vis gender equality are linked to the Performance Measurement System and Framework and part of the continuous monitoring and evaluation of outputs and outcomes. The status and progress of the action plan will be presented in a bi-annual Gender Progress Report.

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Investments in urban infrastructure play a key role in addressing poverty in Asian cities. The long-term goal of CDIA is the promotion of sustainable, pro-poor, and inclusive urban development, leading to improved environmental and living conditions for all households in medium-sized Asian cities. All CDIA interventions aim at making an impact on the overarching development goals of:
-environmental sustainability,
– climate change adaptation and/or mitigation,
– urban poverty reduction, and
– improved urban governance.
Urban poverty is a multidimensional reality, and urban poor communities live with deprivations that have many shapes and forms. The “urban poor” are consequently defined not only by levels of income, lack of appropriate access to public (municipal) services, and general informality but also by other characteristics that may vary from country to country and from city to city in the Asian developing region.

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