Acknowledgement

This paper was prepared in collaboration with Mr. Pat Wakely, Professor at the Development Planning Unit of the University College, London.

The paper was extensively discussed in a series of meetings and extensive exchanges over a period of a year. Those directly involved were: Jorge Anzorena, Asian Representative, SELAVIP Tokyo, Japan -- Somsook Boonyabancha, Deputy Managing Director, Urban Community Development Office, Royal Thai Government, Bangkok, Thailand -- Nathaniel von Einsiedel, Regional Coordinator, Urban Management Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Arif Hasan, Orangi Pilot Project, Karachi Pakistan -- Mitsuhiko Hosaka, Chief Technical Adviser on the UNCHS/DANIDA Community Training Programme, Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Maurice Leonhardt, Project Coordinator, Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Bangkok, Thailand -- Om Prakash Mathur, Professor of Housing and Urban Economics, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India -- Denis Murphy, Urban Poor Associates, Quezon City, Philippines -- Lyndsay Neilson, Deputy Secretary, Commonwealth Department of Housing and Regional Development, Canberra, Australia -- Kirtee Shah, President Habitat International Coalition, Ahmedabad, India -- Tim Sharp, Journalist, Chiang Mai, Thailand -- Clarence Shubert, UNDP/UNCHS Urban Management Programme, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- Johan Silas, HSL/ITS, Surabaya, Indonesia -- Susil Sirivardana, former Chairman, National Housing Development Authority, Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Terry Standley, Programme Adviser, UNCHS (Habitat) Technical Cooperation Division, Bangkok, Thailand -- Patrick Wakely, Director, Development Planning Unit, University College London, United Kingdom -- Yap Kioe Sheng, Professor, Human Settlements Development Programme, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.