Introduction: Inclusion and exclusion in Asian cities -- Who are the poor, and how are they served in Asian cities? / Aprodicio A. Laquian -- Improving housing and basic services for the urban poor in India / Vinod Tewari, Usha Raghupathi, and Jamal Husain Ansari -- Community upgrading and institutional capacity building for the urban poor in Asia / Basil van Horen -- Access and mobility for the urban poor in India / Madhav G. Badami, Geetam Tiwari, and Dinesh Mohan -- Balancing efficiency and equity in public transit in Pakistan / Murtaza Haider and Madhav G. Badami -- Urban transport in Chinese cities : the impact on the urban poor / Zhong-Ren Peng and Yi Zhu -- Public transit in Hong Kong : does it help the poor? / James Jixian Wang and Crystal Chan -- Solid waste management in Asian cities : implications for the urban poor / Virginia W. Maclaren, Nazrul Islam, and Salma A. Shafi -- The privatization of water services : effects on the urban poor in Jakarta and metro Manila / Teti Argo and Aprodicio A. Laquian -- The coordination of infrastructure and public services for the urban poor in Asia / Ellen Brennan-Galvin -- Municipal and metropolitan governance : are they relevant to the urban poor? / K.C. Sivaramakrishnan.