6-10 of 71 matching articles 5 20 100 All Happiness and misery on five dollars, one dollar, or fifteen cents a day Kerwin Datu • 6 December 2011 There is much happiness and much misery amongst the urban poor, as these portraits of three households in Manila testify. The point is not to draw lines between them, but to accept that poverty has several gradations, all of which require assistance. Is Africa really urbanising rapidly? Not according to recent data Deborah Potts • 21 February 2012 It is common knowledge that sub-Saharan Africa is urbanising faster than anywhere else in the world ... but what if we're wrong?! Keeping waste management in the hands of the ragpickers Carlin Carr • 23 August 2011 While Delhi turns its back on ragpickers by contracting out its solid waste management, Pune has successfully integrated its ragpickers into a formal workforce. There are better models for Ahmedabad's slum redevelopment than Dharavi Carlin Carr • 1 November 2011 Rather than turn to Dharavi, Ahmedabad would do well to look amongst its own social entrepreneurs for models to rehouse the poor and integrate them into their new roles as homeowners. DAMPA: Making noise and putting police to work for women in Manila Faranak Miraftab • 14 March 2013 Faranak Miraftab gives the floor to members of DAMPA, a grassroots women's organisation with some rather sound strategies for raising awareness and sensitising police officers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
