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Urban poverty

Projects, publications, news, events, insights and articles about work to reduce urban poverty and to promote the role of low-income urban communities in decisions on decarbonisation, social justice and climate resilience.

Aerial view of the Kibera neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya.

If cities could speak: vulnerability, climate and health in the city

April 2024 – March 2027

Image of a few houses from a floating village

Defining housing justice: an audiovisual exchange of struggle and action

Camila Cociña and Alexandre Apsan Frediani
01 July 2024

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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

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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

In-depth reading

Urban poverty

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

188 entries

Aerial view of the Kibera neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya.

If cities could speak: vulnerability, climate and health in the city

Active Project

Image of a few houses from a floating village

Defining housing justice: an audiovisual exchange of struggle and action

Insight, 01 July 2024

Preview of 21566iied

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

Insight, 28 September 2022

Preview of 21036iied

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

Insight, 30 May 2022

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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

Insight, 08 December 2021

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

The case for sewers

Insight, 19 November 2021

Informal housing and tall buildings behind.

Definitions matter – part one

Insight, 10 November 2021

Aerial view of Villa 20, Buenos Aires

Transforming cities, transforming lives

Active Project

Aerial view of informal settlement

COVID-19 in cities: pathways towards a transformative urban recovery

Insight, 15 June 2021

Women selling spices in the street

Getting attention to a much-neglected health agenda: occupational health and safety

Insight, 27 April 2021

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Building homes, changing official approaches: The work of Urban Poor Organizations and their Federations and their contributions to meeting the Millennium Development Goals in urban areas

Publication, 01 July 2005

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Capital, capacities and collaboration: the multiple roles of community savings in addressing urban poverty

Publication, 01 October 2011

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Know Your City: community profiling of informal settlements

Publication, 01 June 2014

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

Publication, 01 February 2020

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A pro-poor urban agenda for Africa: Clarifying ecological and development issues for poor and vulnerable populations

Publication, 01 March 2006

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Poverty lines in Greater Cairo: underestimating and misrepresenting poverty

Publication, 01 May 2009

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Why enumeration counts; documenting by the undocumented

Publication, 01 June 2012

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Nourishing livelihoods: recognising and supporting food vendors in Nairobi’s informal settlements

Publication, 01 January 2016

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