Urban poverty
- Will financing the urban poor supply them with shelter and basic services?
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In Africa, Asia and Latin America the demand for shelter and basic services far outstrips supply, particularly in urban slums. This issue of Habitat Debate examines whether increasing access to finance among the urban poor will help to close this gap.
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- How does construction affect disaster risk reduction?
- ( L. Bosher;A. Dainty / Overseas Development Institute [ES] , 2011)
- This paper examines the role and position of the construction sector in addressing disaster risk reduction. It summarises some of the cross-cutting themes that emerge from a diverse body of literature...
- The challenges to disaster risk reduction as expressed by stakeholders in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa
- ( A. Roth (ed);P. Becker (ed) / African Centre for Disaster Studies , 2011)
- South Africa is a dynamic, developing country in a challenging transition as it struggles to protect life and health, property, infrastructure and the environment from disasters. It is generally accep...
- Exploring urbanisation, resource use and climate change adaptation
- ( D. Satterthwaite (ed) / Royal Society , 2011)
- The increased pressures on the world’s natural resources and ecological systems in the past century, has been accompanied by rapid urban population growth. Urban centres themselves have ecologic...
- The importance of urban management in mitigating disasters in India
- ( A. Revi (ed) / Russell Sage Foundation , 2008)
- India is one of the more vulnerable and risk-prone countries in the world, but its population have learned to cope with a wide range of natural and human-made hazards. Rapid population growth, high de...
- The implications of climate change on the poor in Africa cities
- ( I. Douglas;K. Alam;M. Maghenda / Russell Sage Foundation , 2008)
- Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters...
- How can sustainable livelihoods approaches be more successfully applied to future development challenges?
- ( S. Turrall (ed) / Knowledge Services, IDS , 2011)
- How are Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLAs) relevant to current and future development challenges? What has been learnt from the experience of using SLAs to date? This Sustainable Livelihoods Hi...
- Improving poverty reduction strategy in Mozambique
- ( M. Paulo;C. Rosário;I. Tvedten / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2011)
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According to the World Bank (2010), 70 per cent of the urban population of Mozambique still live in settlements. This report contributes in monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s Poverty Redu...
- Welfare inequality in Malawi
- ( M.M. Matita;E.W. Chirwa / Chancellor College, University of Malawi , 2009)
- The relationship between urban and rural sectors in many developing countries is characterized by an economic dualism – the coexistence of a modern urban sector and a traditional rural sector. T...
- Perspectives on the human rights of the elderly in India
- ( Agewell Foundation , 2011)
- The population of India has approximately tripled during the last 50 years, but the number of elderly Indians has increased more than fourfold. Better medical facilities, care and liberal family...
- Voices of the poor should be included in budgetary processes
- ( F. Khatun;T.I. Khan;A. Nabi / Bangladesh Online Research Network , 2011)
- This dialogue report provides a view of poverty in Bangladesh. The country has been performing well from the growth perspective in the recent past as GDP growth rate has been on average of 5.8% per ye...
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