The World Bank, comprising 189 member nations, seeks to reduce poverty and boost living standards by providing grants and low-rate loans to poor economies. For low- and middle-income countries – ...
Their support was almost seen as a given. But recent developments have shown that Delhi's slum voters are no longer easily swayed. In fact, AAP has emerged as a dominant force in this demographic ...
He needs help. He needs advice. Eighteen years after entering office with a high priority given to the ending of child poverty, it's proving to be tougher than it looked. The most recent figures ...
At the same time, affordable housing and other fair resolutions to Karachi's housing problems are not on the government's agenda, meaning slums will continue to pop up. The provincial government ...
MANILA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The Philippines accused China on Tuesday of intimidating its fishermen at a disputed South China Sea shoal, and normalising an "illegal presence", after Beijing sent its ...
The AAP claimed that the BJP will “demolish all slums in Delhi” if it is voted to power in the Capital. With three weeks to go for the Delhi assembly elections, the battle to win over ...
Most recently, in his crusade for decent housing, 33-year-old Danilo Dolci outraged official sensibilities with a book depicting the miseries of Palermo’s slum dwellers. Eight in a Bed.