This paper examines international, national and municipal mechanisms for financing adaptation, and reveals the systemic barriers that prevent money being channelled into the hands of low-income and highly vulnerable urban residents in low- and middle-income countries, and hinder effective urban adaptation. At the same time, a number of highly organised, pro-poor, locally managed funds are being pioneered across a number of cities in low- and middle-income countries. Bottom-up planning and decision-making is emerging as a potential complement to the ineffective top-down financing models, and offers a viable approach to bridge the gap between low-income urban residents and the agencies that claim to support them.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/reconfiguring-urban-adaptation-finance
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/barry-smith
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/donald-brown-0
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-dodman
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/iied
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-adaptation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-development
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/adaptation-fund
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/finance
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/unfccc