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101-105 of 125 matching articles 5 20 100 All Philippines: mobilising savings rates is part of the key to universal housing Kerwin Datu • 13 September 2011 Singapore's experience suggests that housing supply can be increased only when matched by aggressive demand-side policies. Asian cities some of the worst and best places to be during a disaster IRIN • 25 October 2010 The 2010 World Disasters Report highlights the "urban risk divide" between wealthy cities like Tokyo and poorer cities like Kathmandu, Manila and Jakarta which would face serious losses in any emergency. Relocation policies do not excuse forced evictions, still a denial of human rights Kerwin Datu • 5 July 2010 Forced evictions are usually illegal, yet they are increasingly routine for many governments, assisted by international institutions. Rather than helping governments justify evictions, institutions need to steer governments towards true 'voluntarism'. "We can buy ourselves 300 years" say planners on fighting rising sea levels in delta cities Anthony Flint/Citiscope • 16 June 2010 As coastal and delta cities face the impacts of rising sea levels due to climate change, planners are readying with a combination of sea wall solutions, ecological engineering and urban design, which one says will buy us three centuries of security. "Merry-go-round" micro-finance keeps slum residents fed in Kibera IRIN • 13 April 2010 Working with CARE International, residents in Nairobi's Kibera slum have developed a lottery system to choose who benefits from their microfinance pool. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
