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    State of world population 2007: unleashing the potential of urban growth

    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 future, the future of cities in developing countries, the future of humanity itself, all depend very much on decisions made now in preparation for this growth.
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    Rapid urbanization, employment crisis and poverty in African LDCs: a new development strategy and aid policy

    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, consequences and policy implications of the ongoing urbanisation in the African less developed countries (LDCs).
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    A decade of rising poverty in urban China: who are more likely to fall under?

    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 overall picture of rising inequality in China; the emerging trend and underlying patterns of poverty in Chinese cities.
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    Tackling a global crisis: International Year of Sanitation 2008

    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 Development Goals through a variety of actions and interventions. This document presents an overview of the key issues and messages of the IYS.
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    Urban poor housing in Bangladesh and potential role of ACHR

    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 settlements.
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    Secure land rights for all

    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.
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    Monitoring and evaluating poverty reduction policies in Mozambique, study 2: social relations of urban poverty

    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 congested semi-formal or informal settlement areas (bairros) rising poverty rates rising inequality
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    Understanding the dimensions and dynamics in underserved settlements in Colombo

    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 poverty as a multidimensional, dynamic phenomenon at the settlement and household level.
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    Stimulating innovation in urban agriculture

    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 be supported in their efforts to improve their livelihoods.
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    Poverty, growth and income distribution in Lebanon - country study

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    This country study is a modified executive summary of the full report, which is the first to draw a comprehensive profile of poverty in Lebanon based on money-metric measurements of household expenditures. Its data source is a 2004/05 national Living Conditions and Household Budget Survey.

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