A recently-published study to estimate “child food poverty” among children aged between 2 and 5 in urban slums found that ...
Lagos is Nigeria's economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country. Lagos slums are characterized by high levels of poverty—the state of not having enough resources to meet ...
NEW DELHI, India -- India's poorest souls crowd the banks of the Yamuna in an early morning mist, dumping waste, washing clothes and bathing in one of India's holiest -- and most polluted -- rivers.
For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. "When I visit residents where I used to get work, everyone is adamant about giving out ...
Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums. While Kenya is ...
As part of Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations have set targets of upgrading slums and reducing poverty in all its dimensions by 2030. Policies towards improving the living conditions of ...
Australian influencer Pete Z has been accused of "poverty tourism" after filming himself "surviving" in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian ...
Bangladesh's success in reducing poverty since the 1990s was a global case study. The combination of a booming garment industry, remittance flows, microfinance, rural infrastructural development, and ...
A terrible mix of unemployment, poverty, crime, and the climate crisis is making life unbearable for those living in the ...