Dear Members of GDLG and others joining us on Friday: Please see attached a rough working draft of the Urban Poverty Special Initiative Refresh Manuscript. Please note that as per agreement with Jeff and Sylvia, this is deliberately heavily weighted on Look Back and Scoping with a rougher, more open-ended Look Forward that we hope to refine further and discuss in our co-chair meeting and flesh out in future analysis and grantmaking. As per our discussion in the GDLG retreat last year, what we are trying to do is make the shift from a pure learning initiative focused largely on means — capacity and voice — towards one starting to think more deliberately about ends — impact on the lives of the poor. In a hugely complex and dynamic space, there are no easy answers to this question, but we have agreed with Jeff and Sylvia that after nearly four years of learning it is a good time to take stock and try to craft a more deliberate path forward while keeping urban poverty as the "anchor" issue for Special Initiatives. We know we have an enormous amount still to learn but continue to believe that this is an area of work with huge potential for impact and also some synergies with other parts of GD and GH. We very much welcome your comments and advice and look forward to a great discussion. Thank you... Melanie and Mark DRAFT 1 EFTA01159009