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Asia: Rethinking development finance for city slums
Very little aid is actually available to low-income urban groups and grassroots organizations. If it is, it is subject to the conditions and priorities established by the aid provider.
Oxfam Calls on the World Bank to Freeze Large-scale Land-Based Agricultural Investments and the World Bank Responds
Please find below links to a call on the World Bank to freeze large-scale investments in land by Oxfam and the corresponding response from the World Bank.
Low awareness and fear of conflict prevent women from owning land, says study by UN Women and Landesa
[via UNWomen] New Delhi, 12 October 2012- Women constitute not just the face of the poverty in India but they also remain critically dependent on land without any property or land rights, say three new reports launched here today in the backdrop of International Rural Women’s Day on the 15th of October.
Adequate, appropriately positioned housing key to SA development
If South Africa failed to implement sustainable human settlement solutions, the effects would be felt for a long time, Minister in the Presidency responsible for the National Planning Commission Trevor Manuel said recently.
UN independent human rights expert says Namibia must bridge yawning gaps in inequality, in particular women's access to land
[via UN News Centre] 8 October 2012 – Despite its economic and political gains over the past two decades, Namibia still remains beset by “unacceptable” levels of poverty, a United Nations expert warned today, while urging the African country to adopt major structural changes to tackle its levels of inequality.
Press release: As the Jan Satyagraha entered Agra district in Uttar Pradesh, a ten point agreement proposed by the government is under discussion
[via Ekta Parishad] October 5, 2012- As the Jan Satyagraha reached Uttar Pradesh on its sixth day on the road, a delegation of Jan Satyagraha met with government representatives in Delhi.
Multimedia Cambodian Monk Wins International Human Rights Defenders Award
Buddhist monk Venerable Luon Sovath has been presented the prestigious Martin Ennals Award (MEA) for human rights by 10 internationally-recognized human rights organizations in Geneva today.
Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future
The Urban Poor Fund International, the first global fund to give poor people direct control over development spending in cities, was launched in 2007 by Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), a network of community-based federations in 33 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America.Since then, it has channelled
Urbanization of Africa is inevitable, and good
To outsiders, the problems raised by increased urbanization in Africa seem insurmountable, but the new Director for UN Habitat in Brussels, Jean- Christophe Adrian, disagrees, saying building sustainable cities after many decades of poor or non-existent planning can be done, but it will take resources, time and most importantly a change in focus from the development community.