Subject(s): Community development -- Poor -- Poverty -- Social planning -- Setting and conceptual framework -- Illustrative case profiles : Decentralization without social mobilization in Kerala, urban local government and private sector partnership in Gujarat, Karachi- Filling the space in local governance with self reliant development, innovative practice amidst positive potential for paradigm shift- case of Sri Lanka, women -led pro- poor growth with supportive decentralization in Nepal, Decentralization and pro-poor growth strategies in Bangladesh, Case study of Kandiuru union -- Lessons for macro-micro policy