This is a special issue of the ACHR newsletter describes the lively work urban poor community groups and their supporters in four cities in the ACHR network have been doing to make pathways to greater equality in their cities, in many different ways.  The cities are Yogyakarta in Indonesia, Nakhon Sawan in Thailand, Yangon in Myanmar and Da Nang in Vietnam.  The process of reflecting on this work, learning from it and comparing it with other cities was part of a larger global study on urban inequality called "Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality" (KNOW), which was led by friends at the Development Planning Unit (DPU) at University College London. 

This is a special issue about a community-driven study in which poor communities in five Asian countries define and measure poverty, on their own terms.

This newsletter is a special issue on the exciting community-driven process that has taken off in Myanmar, since the Cyclone Nargis hit in May 2008 - much of it supported by ACCA.

A special issue of the ACHR Newsletter on the finance systems - savings and funds - which poor communities put together and manage themselves.