Smart Cities have emerged as urban ecosystems that integrate digital technology, knowledge, and assets to become more responsive to users, improve city services, and make cities more loveable. Much of the existing literature on smart cities focuses on how far each city has come, solutions deployed, and the resulting benefits. This may not offer adequate guidance to city leaders on what they should do, when each city operates in such a unique context. City planners require forward-looking and practical comparisons and guides, by understanding the budgets, infrastructure, policies, services, and innovative governance and resourcing models of different cities.

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The Emerging Middle Class (EMC) is a rapidly growing global market of consumers newly entering the middle-income group, representing individuals earning or spending USD 2 to 20 per day. This Eden report presents the findings from a survey conducted with 4,000 EMC consumers in Vietnam, Indonesia, India, and Philippines. The respondents were asked questions regarding their income and expenditure on essential and non-essential goods. In addition, the participants related their hopes, aspirations, and fears, allowing us to understand the psychology of the EMC consumer.

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