1-5 of 39 matching articles 5 20 100 All Another round of elections, another round of unabashed populism in Mumbai Shilpa Rao and Anay Joglekar • 31 January 2012 There is no better time to witness the shortsightedness of governments than around elections. With municipal elections just around the corner in Mumbai, a whole raft of new promises are being made to certain slum dwellers... "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. 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. Climate-proofing the city: three simple ideas from Delhi Abby Callard / Beyond Profit • 29 September 2010 This month Delhi played host to the International Workshop on Sustainable and Climate Resilient Urban Development, bringing together think tanks, municipalities and others to envision climate-resilient solutions to urban planning problems. Bangalore Informal: alternatives for housing design, planning and implementation? James Whitcomb Riley • 17 May 2011 The planning failures that led to the breakdown of the slum redevelopment program in Bangalore. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
