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Revanchism in Mumbai? Political economy of rent gaps and urban restructuring in a global city
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007In this contentious article from the Indian-based Economic and Political Weekly, it is suggested that Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) that should empower slum dwellers, street hawkers and other urban poor are complicit in worsening Mumbai’s inequality.DocumentThe urban informal sector and poverty: effects of trade reform and capital mobility in India
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2007According to conventional wisdom, economic reform is likely to reduce informal sector wages.This paper examines the contrary case of post-liberalisation India where real wages in the informal manufacturing sector have risen significantly across most states.It offers detailed empirical evidence how this wage change has affected poverty at the state level.DocumentCities, terrorism and urban wars
Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2007This paper explores the link between terrorism and development. It addresses the complexities of defining terrorism and discusses acts of political violence in both a northern and southern context.DocumentUnjust waters: climate change, flooding and the protection of poor urban communities: experiences from six African cities
ActionAid International, 2007Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already threatening that goal, causing massive rural-urban migration and bringing chronic flooding to the cities.DocumentReducing unemployment in Indonesia: results from a growth-employment elasticity model
SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2007The authors of this paper develop a new model to examine the impact of different sectors and locations of economic growth on urban, rural, and national employment using a provincial level panel dataset. A number of conclusions are presented, including:DocumentUrban poverty and development in the 21st century: towards an inclusive and sustainable world
Oxfam, 2006As of 2007, more people will live in cities than in rural areas, a proportion that is set to increase in years to come. In light of this, this paper argues that urban planning and urban development policies are crucial to the creation of an environmentally stable global society and discusses what can be done to promote more inclusive and sustainable cities.DocumentHousing, health and happiness
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007What is the causal impact of housing improvement programmes on health and welfare? This paper investigates the impact of a large-scale effort by the Mexican government to replace dirt floors with cement floors on child health and adult happiness. The paper identifies several positive results, including:DocumentHabitat Debate Vol 13, No. 1: financing for the urban poor
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2007In Africa, Asia and Latin America the demand for shelter and basic services far outstrips supply, particularly in urban slums.DocumentBusiness for sustainable urbanisation: challenges and opportunities
United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 20072007 marks the beginning of a new urban era - for the first time, half of humanity will be living in towns and cities.DocumentNew evidence on the urbanization of global poverty
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007This report from the World Bank provides new evidence on the extent to which absolute poverty has urbanized in the developing world, and the role that population urbanization has played in overall poverty reduction.It finds that: one quarter of the world 's consumption poor live in urban areas, a proportion that has been rising over timeby fostering economic growth, urbanization helPages