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Informal settlements (slums)

Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work on the governance, policy and action needed to address the growing challenges faced by 1.1 billion people living in informal settlements.

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Urbanisation and rural-urban linkages

A programme of work on urbanisation and the links between rural and urban areas

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Fire disaster makes more than 1,000 homeless in Freetown

Insight, 29 March 2021

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Informal settlement data and local community responses to COVID-19 and climate risks

Article, 08 December 2020

Hundreds of homes are crammed together up the side of a hill

Q&A: Achieving housing rights for all: issues and recommendations

Article, 22 October 2020

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Disruptive resilience: an agenda for the new normal in cities of the global South

Publication, 01 September 2020

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Muungano nguvu yetu (unity is strength): 20 years of the Kenyan federation of slum dwellers

Publication, 01 January 2017

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Community-driven data collection in informal settlements

Publication, 01 March 2017

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Cities that work for people and the planet

Publication, 01 April 2018

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Urban ARK 18: Supporting community-led research on risks and creating policy platforms to enhance Nairobi’s governance for resilience

Publication, 01 October 2018

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Shelter for all: towards more inclusive housing in Mogadishu

Publication, 01 October 2019

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Proposed solutions for inclusive shelter in Hawassa

Publication, 01 October 2019

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Towards holistic solutions to Nairobi’s affordable housing crisis

Publication, 01 October 2019

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Finding shelter in Mogadishu: challenges for vulnerable groups

Publication, 01 February 2020

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Achieving Scale, Social Inclusion, and Multifaceted Shelter Solutions

Publication, 01 February 2020

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Urban Transformation and Informal Shelter: Actors, Interest and Change in Mathare Valley

Publication, 01 February 2020

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Call to international funders: address grassroots organisations’ priorities, not yours

Insight, 14 October 2020

Housing in informal settlement.

Getting housing back onto the development agenda in the time of COVID-19

Insight, 02 October 2020

A view from above of densely packed homes.

Film launch: Protracted displacement and urban crises

Event on 28 September 2020

Houses view from above.

COVID-19 and the housing crisis in the global South – time for change

Event on 05 October 2020

Three women standing on a patch of open land, peeling vegetables.

Lima's community-organised soup kitchens are a lifeline during COVID-19

Insight, 07 August 2020

Woman carrying a child

Bringing urban refugees into local planning

Insight, 20 July 2020

People sit on wall facing a woman distributing water

Working with informality for more resilient, equitable responses to COVID-19

Article, 10 July 2020

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Emerging lessons from community-led COVID-19 responses in urban areas

Article, 25 June 2020

A street in the city of Puri in the state of Odisha

COVID-19, JAGA Mission and the value of already existing solutions

Insight, 04 June 2020

A view from distance of dozens of buildings in close proximity on a hill

Karachi, informal settlements and COVID-19

Insight, 06 May 2020

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