Centre for Policy Research, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Dr. Patricia Clarke Annez
This paper (written jointly with Alain Bertaud, Bimal Patel and V.K. Phatak) examines the policy options for India as it seeks to improve living conditions of the poor on a large scale and reduce the population in slums. Addressing the problem requires first a diagnosis of the market at the city level and recognition that government programs do not suspend market forces. Using two case studies, for Mumbai and Ahmedabad, it illustrates how simple city level market diagnostics can be used to identify policy changes and design smaller assistance programs to reach the poor. It examines the linkage between chronic infrastructure backlogs and restrictive real estate policies and proposes approaches for funding major investments to achieve this goal.
This is the tenth in a series of Urban Workshops planned by the Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH), New Delhi and Centre for Policy Research (CPR). These workshops seek to provoke public discussion on issues related to the development of the city and try to address all its facets including its administration, culture, economy, society, and politics.
