the slum upgrading myth

Slum Upgrading and Health Equity

Informal settlement upgrading is widely recognized for enhancing shelter and promoting economic development, yet its potential to improve health equity is usually overlooked. Almost one in seven people on the planet are expected to reside in urban informal settlements, or slums, by 2030. Slum upgrading is the process of delivering place-based environmental and social improvements to the urban p...

The Secretary of the First Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Slum Upgrading Working Group

Dweller perception using fuzzy logic for slum upgrading

A large number of initiatives in cities in Brazil—including slum clearance and upgrading—have been undertaken over the years in an effort to ameliorate the problems arising from informal occupation; unfortunately, however, little is known about the related performance outcomes. Careful appraisal of the results of such initiatives is thus called for, covering evaluations of dwellers’ perceptions...

Unexpected Lessons from a Slum Upgrading Program in Brazil

This paper looks at the Ribeira Azul Slum Upgrading Program in Salvador de Bahia Brazil, implemented by the development agency of the state of Bahia, CONDER, and the Italian NGO Associazione Volontari per il Servizio Internationale (AVSI), which is recognized by the World Bank and Cities Alliance as an exemplary project. The paper aims at understanding the areas in which it was successful, and ...

Revisiting ... Retrieving the baby from the bathwater: slum upgrading in Sub-Saharan Africa

The impetus This research project started at the World Bank in 2000. Urban practitioners working on the Africa region were concerned that almost all African cities were struggling with the slum problemöslums were everywhere and growing rapidly. It was clear that something needed to be done, but the `what' was far from obvious. A key issue was that the Bank's own experience with investing in slu...

the secretary of the first meeting of the asia-pacific slum upgrading working group

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