Jakarta, Indonesia, March 31, 2008— -- In Kelurahan Penjaringan, one of Jakarta's largest slums, clean drinking water is a luxury for the families who live here. Diseases such as malaria ...

Urban poverty is often hidden, relegated to neighborhoods tourists rarely visit. But in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ronny Poluan gives guided tours of city slums to tourists. Critics say he ...

Photos: Jakarta, the Sinking Megacity. The Indonesian capital is one of the world’s fastest-growing megacities. But with the triple threat of a booming population, climate change and miles upon miles ...

Story Highlights; Ronny Poluan leads tours of a Jakarta slum to show visitors the 'real' capital; Tours cost about $34 -- half of that goes to Poluan, the other half to the locals ...

Yet slums packed with trash and less-than-dollar-a-day poverty still occupy much of the Jakarta checkerboard. YCAB Foundation CEO Veronica Colondam at her office on Oct. 9, 2013 (photo by Chris ...

Roughly half of Jakarta comprises slums, according to a statement from the government. “This is the fact of slums in Jakarta. We along with the World Bank have determined that […] 118 out of ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Hidden in the alleyways behind Jakarta's fancy malls and in between the high-rise apartment buildings is what Ronny Poluan, a former film maker, calls the "real Jakarta." ...

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has pledged to upgrade all of the city’s slum areas by 2027 without relocating any residents, but many remain skeptical, recalling past administrations that ...

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo fields reporters' questions after meeting with residents of a Jakarta slum. Recent polls say Widodo is currently the most popular choice for Indonesia's president in 2014.

Portland-based Mercy Corps is at work in Jakarta's slums, where problems with sanitation and water stand in stark contrast to the image of Indonesia as an increasingly prosperous society.

Slum dwellers living by Jakarta's biggest dam are told to leave Close. This year, flooding has killed 20 people in Indonesia's capital Jakarta.