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286-290 of 330 matching articles 5 20 100 All Why a 100-mile Paris metropole is just a rhetorical dream Kerwin Datu • 4 June 2010 Formally, rhetorically and economically, the 100-mile metropole touted by President Nicolas Sarkozy and his advisor Jacques Attali stands for a lot less than we would like to imagine. Children live on bread alone as poverty expands in Cairo IRIN • 24 June 2010 Recent research has demonstrated that official counts of poverty in Cairo are grossly underestimated. Why Toronto grows while Detroit shrinks Isidoros Kyrlangitses • 26 January 2010 Isidoros Kyrlangitses argues that while Detroit's "home rule" status gives local voters greater influence, its pro-residents policies result in population decline, whereas Toronto's limited powers induce a focus on pro-development policies that encourage population growth. What's wrong with renting? Home ownership not the only solution for India's slum dwellers Asako Matsukawa / Beyond Profit • 9 July 2010 Governments often assume that home ownership is the main tool for housing their urban poor, but this neglects the usefulness of renting, which is important at all income levels. Injuries and shots fired in eviction of Muslim slum dwellers Administrator • 19 November 2009 11 people were injured, and three possibly killed, when police and Muslim slum dwellers clashed over a forced eviction to make way for an expanded transport terminal at Baclaran. 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66