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  Governance in the gullies: democratic responsiveness and leadership in Delhi’s slums

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005

  This study uses qualitative and quantitative analysis to examine the strategies developed by the urban poor in Delhi to access government services.
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  Living below the line: sustainability and the houses of the ultra poor

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005

  The ultra poor communities in Bangladesh seemingly live in the most basic form of shelter. A closer look however, reveals that the building practices of these people address sustainability, affordability and a host of socio cultural and environmental issues with deeper concern and wisdom than is apparent.
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  Customary land delivery practices in African urban areas

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Urban poor people in sub-Saharan Africa, often excluded from formal systems of land management, increasingly obtain shelter through other means. Informal systems to deliver land in cities borrow features from rural customs.
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  id21 viewpoint - World Summit on the Information Society: what did it achieve for ICTs and Development? What d

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Richard Heeks from the University of Manchester reflects on the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Four stories dominated WSIS:
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  What to do with public rental housing?: challenges and options

  2004

  The term “Public Rental Housing” (PRH) refers to housing owned by the State, which usually rents it at subsidized prices and looks after its maintenance and administration.
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  The urban ecosystem approach: redefining management for changing Asian urban environments

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2004

  Some of the world’s most severe urban environmental problems are found in Asian cities and the environmental challenges faced by these cities differ from those previously experienced in the West during industrialisation. These challenges stem from poverty-related factors as well as from activities associated with unprecedented levels of economic growth.
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  City kids: responding to children’s rights

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Hundreds of millions of the world’s urban children live in deepest poverty. They lack secure homes, access to basic services and education, and are often exposed to violence and exploitation. Their prospects are damaged and their rights contravened by preventable conditions that undermine their health and development.
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  Change, violence and insecurity in non-conflict situations

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This paper examines the relationship between levels of violence and insecurity in areas undergoing rural-urban change. This is a central issue for the security and development agenda.
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  Community-driven development for water and sanitation in urban areas

  Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2005

  This booklet presents a number of community-led initiatives to improve and extend provision for water and sanitation to low-income urban households and discusses their relevance for meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for water and sanitation.At the core of most initiatives described in this booklet is the possibility for urban poor groups and their organizations to influence wha
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  The reality of integrating gender into transport policies and projects

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Donor agencies and national governments have increasingly expressed their commitment to promoting gender equality in all areas of their work. This has included efforts to integrate gender into the work of the transport sector. However, a substantial gap between rhetoric and practice exists.

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