Urban poverty
- From Ahmedabad to Durban - reflections on informal workers
- I. Valodia (ed) / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2007
- This paper offers reflections after the Durban Cornell-SEWA-WIEGO Exposure Dialogue Programme (EDP). The programme's objective is to continue and develop further dialogue between labour economists, SEWA activists, and WIEGO researcher...
- Will the Olympic games be a turning point for China’s economy?
- C.H. Kwan / Japan Center for Economic Research, 2008
- This Brief examines some challenges that China may face after the Beijing Olympics in August. The Games could represent a turning point for its economic, political and social life. In order to keep its high economic growth rate in the...
- How should aid funding respond to African urbanisation?
- M. Herrmann; H. Khan / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2008
- Rapid urbanisation is a fact of life even in the least developed countries where the lion’s share of the population presently lives in rural areas and will continue to do so for decades to come. This paper examines the causes, c...
- Realistic planning for future urban growth calls for explicit consideration of the needs of the poor
- United Nations Population Fund, 2008
- In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. Their fu...
- Emerging trends and underlying patterns of poverty in Chinese cities
- W. Feng; T. Tai; W. Youjuan / University of California, Berkeley Library, 2006
- Rising inequality has been one of the most profound social consequences during China's dual transitions from an agrarian and socialist planned economy to an industrial and market based economy. This paper focuses on a small portion of...
- The International Year of Sanitation 2008: achieving sanitation for all
- UN-Water, 2008
- The UN General assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). The IYS provides the global community with an opportunity to raise awareness and accelerate actions for the achievement of the sanitation Millennium ...
- Housing woes of urban poor in Bangladesh
- I Ahmed / Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Thailand, 2007
- Housing is a serious problem for the urban poor in Bangladesh. In the capital city of Dhaka alone nearly 30 per cent of the population live in informal settlements. Tenure insecurity is a dominant characteristic of informal settlement...
- Securing land rights for all: how can the challenges be overcome?
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2008
- Secure land rights are important for development and poverty reduction and the greatest challenges for providing such rights are in urban, peri-urban areas, and the most productive rural areas. This publication updates and revises UN-...
- Determinants of urban poverty and how policy should deal with it
- Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
- Second in a series of three qualitative studies on poverty in Mozambique, this brief focuses on urban poverty. Cities in Mozambique are characterised by: rising population a majority of inhabitants living in c...
- Dealing with urban poverty in underserved settlements in Colombo
- N. Gunetilleke; A.A. Cader; M. Fernando / Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka, 2004
- This study examines the dimensions and dynamics of urban poverty in Sri Lanka to design a monitoring system for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Participatory Improvement of Underserved Settlements (PRIMUSS) programme. It analyses ...
- Will the Olympic games be a turning point for China’s economy?
- C.H. Kwan / Japan Center for Economic Research, 2008
- This Brief examines some challenges that China may face after the Beijing Olympics in August. The Games could represent a turning point for its economic, political and social life. In order to keep its high economic growth rate in the...
- How should aid funding respond to African urbanisation?
- M. Herrmann; H. Khan / Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2008
- Rapid urbanisation is a fact of life even in the least developed countries where the lion’s share of the population presently lives in rural areas and will continue to do so for decades to come. This paper examines the causes, c...
- Realistic planning for future urban growth calls for explicit consideration of the needs of the poor
- United Nations Population Fund, 2008
- In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the new urbanites will be poor. Their fu...
- Emerging trends and underlying patterns of poverty in Chinese cities
- W. Feng; T. Tai; W. Youjuan / University of California, Berkeley Library, 2006
- Rising inequality has been one of the most profound social consequences during China's dual transitions from an agrarian and socialist planned economy to an industrial and market based economy. This paper focuses on a small portion of...
- The International Year of Sanitation 2008: achieving sanitation for all
- UN-Water, 2008
- The UN General assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). The IYS provides the global community with an opportunity to raise awareness and accelerate actions for the achievement of the sanitation Millennium ...
- Housing woes of urban poor in Bangladesh
- I Ahmed / Asian Coalition for Housing Rights, Thailand, 2007
- Housing is a serious problem for the urban poor in Bangladesh. In the capital city of Dhaka alone nearly 30 per cent of the population live in informal settlements. Tenure insecurity is a dominant characteristic of informal settlement...
- Securing land rights for all: how can the challenges be overcome?
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2008
- Secure land rights are important for development and poverty reduction and the greatest challenges for providing such rights are in urban, peri-urban areas, and the most productive rural areas. This publication updates and revises UN-...
- Determinants of urban poverty and how policy should deal with it
- Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008
- Second in a series of three qualitative studies on poverty in Mozambique, this brief focuses on urban poverty. Cities in Mozambique are characterised by: rising population a majority of inhabitants living in c...
- Dealing with urban poverty in underserved settlements in Colombo
- N. Gunetilleke; A.A. Cader; M. Fernando / Centre for Poverty Analysis, Sri Lanka, 2004
- This study examines the dimensions and dynamics of urban poverty in Sri Lanka to design a monitoring system for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) Participatory Improvement of Underserved Settlements (PRIMUSS) programme. It analyses ...
- How can urban farmers be supported to improve their livelihoods?
- R. van Veenhuizen (ed) / RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2008
- Urban farming systems are in constant development as urban farmers adapt their existing practices or come up with new ones, yet are rarely given formal support for their innovations. This issue of looks at how urban farmers can b...
- Global Metropolitan Studies at the Institute of Urban & Regional Development, UC Berkeley
- The 21st century will be an urban century with more people around the world residing in metropolitan regions than in any other form of human settlement. This urbanization is taking place in both the global North and the global South. Its implications are widespread: from environmental challenges to entrenched patterns of segregation to new configurations of politics and social movements. The Globa...
- Instituto Javeriano de Vivienda y Urbanismo (The Institute for Housing and Urbanism), Colombia (INVAJIU)
- Colombian research institute working on problems of housing and urban poverty
- SHARAN
- Drug use and treatment in marginalised communities
