??Myanmar?s cities are growing - in size, complexity and importance. Urbanization, the movement of people from rural to urban areas, is taking place and over a third of Myanmar?s population now live in towns and cities. The experience of other Asian countries and the rest of the world suggests this trend will continue.1 Over the next decades Yangon is expected to grow faster than most other cities in Asia, and the urban population outside Yangon is expected to grow faster still.2 Cities are important hubs of economic and social activity. They can be powerful forces for economic development and centers for human development. But without effective management cities can become plagued with problems of congestion, victims of their own success in attracting people. Lengthy traffic jams, piles of uncollected garbage, expanding slums and flooded streets are all too familiar examples. The management of cities is a difficult challenge in any country, but especially in Myanmar where decision makers have less access to data and evidence than their international peers. Good decisions require access to good information. That means drawing on a range of data sources. One source of information, that has historically been ignored, is the direct views and opinions of the people of Myanmar. Under Myanmar?s periods of military rule, this meant the public had ?little or no influence on problem recognition and issue selection by government”.3 The democratic transition, however nascent, has galvanized many in government to seek to understand the needs of the people so that they can better respond to them...??