SOCIAL SCIENCE
Urban Poverty and Health

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
Chandrasekhar, S. and Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay. "Multiple dimensions of urban well-being: Evidence from India," Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper no. 11. New York: Population Council. (abstract) (PDF)

Martine, George, Gordon McGranahan, Mark R. Montgomery, and Rogelio Fernández-Castilla (eds.). The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century. London: Earthscan Publishers.*

Montgomery, Mark R. "The urban transformation of the developing world," Science 319(5864): 761–764. (abstract)

2007
Erulkar, Annabel S. and James K. Matheka. "Adolescence in the Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya." Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF)

Montgomery, Mark. "Cities transformed: Demographic change and its implications in the developing world," keynote speaker at Workshop on Urban Population, Development and Environment Dynamics sponsored by the Committee for International Cooperation in National Research in Demography (CICRED), Nairobi, 11–13 June. (PDF)

2005
Montgomery, Mark R. and Alex C. Ezeh. “Developing-country urban health: Insights from demographic theory and practice,” in Sandro Galea and David Vlahov (eds.), Handbook of Urban Health: Populations, Methods, and Practice. New York: Kluwer Academic.*

———. “Urban health in developing countries: An overview,” in Sandro Galea and David Vlahov (eds.), Handbook of Urban Health: Populations, Methods, and Practice. New York: Kluwer Academic.*

Montgomery, Mark R. and Paul C. Hewett. "Urban poverty and health in developing countries: Household and neighborhood effects," Demography 42(3): 397–425.* Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 184. New York: Population Council, 2004. (PDF) (abstract)

2004
Montgomery, Mark R. "The place of the urban poor in the Cairo Programme of Action and the Millennium Development Goals," paper presented at the Seminar on the Relevance of Population Aspects for the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, United Nations, New York, 17–19 November. (PDF)

2003
Ainsworth, Martha and Julia Dayton. “The impact of the AIDS epidemic on the health of older persons in northwestern Tanzania,” World Development 31(1): 131–148. (abstract)

National Research Council, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Panel on Urban Population Dynamics, Mark R. Montgomery, Richard Stren, Barney Cohen, and Holly E. Reed, (eds.). Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.*

2001
Hewett, Paul C. and Mark R. Montgomery. “Poverty and public services in developing-country cities,” Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 154. New York: Population Council. (PDF) (abstract)

2000
Brockerhoff, Martin. "An urbanizing world," Population Bulletin 55(3). Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau. (offsite link)

Brockerhoff, Martin. "The urban demographic revolution," Population Today 28(6): 1–2. (offsite link)

1999
Brockerhoff, Martin. “Urban growth in developing countries: A review of projections and predictions,” Population and Development Review 25(4): 757–778. (PDF) Also issued as Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 131. New York: Population Council, 1999. (PDF) (abstract)

* Not available from the Population Council.

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