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Slum Dwellers International (SDI)

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A road in Kibera informal settlement

Climate activism and cities: a shared agenda

Insight, 07 February 2020

Jockin Arputham, right, signs documents with Stellenbosch Mayor Sidego in South Africa

IIED remembers Jockin Arputham

News, 15 October 2018

There is often very little data available about people living in informal settlements such as these along the riverfront in Ahmedabad in India (Photo: Emmanuel Dyan, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Is urban development too complicated for us?

Insight, 17 May 2018

Community leaders in the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia planning with staff from the Namibia Housing Action Group (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)

Financial inequalities; defining our age

Insight, 22 August 2017

Informal settlements lining the railway tracks in Mumbai (Photo: gloogun, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Ward diaries: crucial evidence for planning in Mumbai's slums

Insight, 28 November 2016

Bimbo Osobe and Samuel Akinrolabu, members of the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation, lead a march of residents of Lagos waterfront communities threatened with eviction, to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's office to demand open dialogue with the government on alternatives to evictions of the urban poor (Photo: Andrew Maki)

Is this too easy?

Insight, 26 October 2016

Surveying residents in low-income housing in Vijinapura, India. Receiving accurate data about slums can help local authorities plan solutions (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up

News, 24 October 2016

A slum is upgraded in Zambia. Local urban poor organisations are working with local governments to solve problems, but need financial support (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), via Google licence)

Show me the money!

Insight, 18 October 2016

Washing in Kolkata. Urban poor groups must engage with city government and utility companies in order to become drivers for change (Photo: Wolfgang Sterneck, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Can global funds be accountable at the local level?

Insight, 09 August 2016

Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh queue to get access to a raised tube well; local indicators about access to water are essential for the SDGs (Photo: Development Planning Unit, UCL, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Where are the local indicators for the SDGs?

Insight, 09 March 2016

It is estimated that Mumbai has the largest slum population of any city in the world, with more than half of its 12 million people living in informal settlements (Photo: Jon Baldock, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Why we do 'slum' profiles

Insight, 22 February 2016

Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas

Insight, 07 December 2015

Community participation, with a strong focus on women, such as this women's savings group in Southern India, is vital to develop slum-friendly cities (Photo: Maria Andersson/Individuell Människohjälp, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

What might slum dwellers want from the SDGs?

Insight, 05 October 2015

How can decentralised finance drive sustainable development? A new interactive story produced by IIED's Human Settlements Group highlights successful examples from the global South (Image: Kiln/IIED)

It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?

Insight, 08 July 2015

About the architecture of aid

About the architecture of aid

Article, 08 July 2015

In urban and rural communities across the world, low income families lack the shelter and services they need to live with dignity, security, health and prosperity (Photo: IIED)

References: how can decentralised finance drive sustainable development?

Article, 08 July 2015

A community sanitation facility in Jinja, Uganda (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)

World Toilet Day: People need equality and dignity when they 'have to go'

Insight, 18 November 2014

Care workers in Guinea put on protective clothing (Photo: EC/ECHO)

Ebola – what must we learn?

Insight, 30 October 2014

An ecosan toilet in Mtandire settlement (Photo: Slum/Shack Dwellers International)

Achieving universal sanitation: Sharing the experience of the SDI affiliate in Blantyre, Malawi

Insight, 27 October 2014

A tanker delivers water to residents in Retiro, a shanty town in Buenos Aires (Photo: Mark Edwards)

Urban water and sanitation

Active Project

Community reblocking to improve settlement design and the quality of the neighbourhood in Namibia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)

Namibia shows how to support low cost housing

Insight, 13 June 2014

Communities and municipal authorities are working more closely together to improve Zimbabwe's low-income neighbourhoods (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)

Co-learning for inclusive cities

Insight, 09 April 2014

Jockin Arputham, once an itinerant carpenter who slept outside, gives HRH Prince Charles an insight into urban development issues and a tour of Dharavi (Photo: SPARC)

From slum-dwelling carpenter to US$1.25 million prize winner

Insight, 08 April 2014

Jockin Arputham, who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2014, gives HRH Prince Charles an insight into urban development issues and a tour of Dharavi (Photo: SPARC)

Slum dwellers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

News, 13 February 2014

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