Papers in this issue include: Urban poverty and its alleviation: Introduction Urban poverty: Reconsidering its scale and nature. Work and poverty during economic restructuring: The experience of Bogota, Colombia. Rural-urban migration and poverty: The Case of India. Migration and poverty: A longitudinal study of the relationship between migration and social mobility in England and Wales. Assessing and Responding to Urban Poverty: Lessons from Pakistan. The Struggle against social exclusion: Urban social development in France. Employment generating programmes in the Urban context of India.