Slum conditions exacerbate poverty, perpetuate inequality, and undermine public health and safety. The United Nations's Human Settlements Programme, known as UN-Habitat, is the leading global ...

Political inequalities and the formation of institutions ... As for markets, the focus should include rural roads for market access, tenurial security for peasants and slum dwellers, and microcredit.

I was in Haggana in the summer of 2009, conducting research on how social issues, such as unemployment and gender inequality, impact public health in slums. In conversations with residents ...

Labour MPs are understandably dismayed; some are angry. What is to become of the government’s child poverty targets? they must wonder. Will ...