Policy and planning

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Urban poor

37 entries

An urban slum in Hanoi, Viet Nam.

Realigning urban development: five points, five minutes

Insight, 14 October 2024

Image of Kigali, Rwanda.

Navigating climate adaptation in urban Africa: lessons from Kigali

Insight, 03 October 2024

Buildings destroyed after devastating floods in Pakistan.

Delivering low-cost, high quality sanitation – at scale

Insight, 02 September 2024

Group shot of members from One World Together

Transforming funding landscapes to benefit communities

Insight, 29 July 2024

Open air laundry place in Mumbai, clothes and pieces of material hanging on strings and air drying.

Principles of community organisation according to Jockin Arputham – and why they are relevant today

Insight, 10 July 2024

In the foreground, a hotchpotch of buildings close together, towered over by large buildings in the background.

Firm and fair foundations to transform cities, transform lives

Article, 14 June 2022

Closely built shacks. In the background, trees. In the foreground, a river and, on the other side of it, smoke.

Introduction to urban health equity: addressing risks, promoting gender equality and fostering wellbeing in informal settings

Article, 09 June 2022

Aerial view of informal housing.

Data to drive informal settlement upgrading. Who generates it – and who owns it?

Insight, 03 March 2022

People sit on the floor in group under cover facing a standing man making a presentation/speech

Building resilience to climate change through slum upgrading – the case of Jaga Mission in Odisha, India

Insight, 07 February 2022

Aerial view of an informal settlement and an urban centre in the background

Rethinking household surveys reveals true picture of health inequality

Insight, 18 January 2022

People squatting before plant beds

We also want greens in our meals: community gardens in the Philippines

Insight, 27 July 2021

Headshots of six people over a sunrise over a city

Wanted: an inclusive vision of urban recovery from COVID-19: Make Change Happen podcast episode 12

Article, 21 June 2021

Informal housing with open sewer

Broadening the understanding and measurement of urban poverty

Insight, 05 May 2021

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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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Local development from global finance: how to extend and deepen the impact of 2030 development finance

Publication, 01 July 2016

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Transforming a ‘New Urban Agenda’ into a just urban agenda

Publication, 01 July 2016

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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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Where will the money come from? SDI and Local Level Finance

Publication, 01 January 2017

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Community-driven data collection in informal settlements

Publication, 01 March 2017

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Rethinking post-disaster relocation in urban India

Publication, 01 August 2017

Woman walking on a pipe with garbage around.

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

Insight, 14 October 2020

A group of people at a handwashing facility

Community-led COVID-19 response: the work of the Philippines Homeless People’s Federation

Insight, 09 June 2020

A street scene with pedestrians, stallholders, motorbikes and cars

Making Indian cities inclusive means making them more walkable

Insight, 05 June 2019

A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?

Insight, 13 June 2017

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