Urban poverty

186 entries

21566iied.pdf

Social protection in Indian cities: lessons from the pandemic

22 August 2023

Aerial view of a flooded city with destroyed housing and infrastructure

Connecting decarbonisation and social justice in cities

Began April 2022

A man wearing a mask is sitting surrounded by vegetables: green beans, tomatoes, spring onions.

Pandemic lessons from Karachi

Arif Hasan and Amal Hashim
28 September 2022

21036iied.pdf

Prioritising action on health and climate resilience for informal workers

12 July 2022

A group of women gather round the entrance to a building.

The health, wellbeing and climate benefits of slum upgrading

09 June 2022

A woman sits in the courtyard of a building, washing clothes in a small bowl.

Risks to health in informal settlements

09 June 2022

Two women wearing face masks are sitting at a table covered in boxes and bags of vegetables. Together they are preparing food.

Reframing the pandemic: COVID-19 relief by community networks tackles roots of poverty

Thomas Kerr and Cecilia Tacoli
30 May 2022

20951iied.pdf

Scaling up community-led COVID-19 responses: five key lessons

25 May 2022

Urban poverty

A programme of work showing how IIED is working to reduce urban poverty and to change misleading views about urbanisation.

21566iied.pdf

Social protection in Indian cities: lessons from the pandemic

Publication, 22 August 2023

Aerial view of a flooded city with destroyed housing and infrastructure

Connecting decarbonisation and social justice in cities

Active Project

A man wearing a mask is sitting surrounded by vegetables: green beans, tomatoes, spring onions.

Pandemic lessons from Karachi

Blog, 28 September 2022

21036iied.pdf

Prioritising action on health and climate resilience for informal workers

Publication, 12 July 2022

A group of women gather round the entrance to a building.

The health, wellbeing and climate benefits of slum upgrading

Article, 09 June 2022

A woman sits in the courtyard of a building, washing clothes in a small bowl.

Risks to health in informal settlements

Article, 09 June 2022

Two women wearing face masks are sitting at a table covered in boxes and bags of vegetables. Together they are preparing food.

Reframing the pandemic: COVID-19 relief by community networks tackles roots of poverty

Blog, 30 May 2022

20951iied.pdf

Scaling up community-led COVID-19 responses: five key lessons

Publication, 25 May 2022

A man lines up six bright water bottles under a series of outside taps

Definitions matter – part two

Blog, 08 December 2021

A small brick building with two steps leading to a corrugated iron door houses a pit latrine.

The case for sewers

Blog, 19 November 2021