Tariq Zaidi Yet amid these conditions of extreme poverty, the residents of Jalousie ... A staggering 74% of Haiti's urban population are now living in slums. Along with no sewage system or ...

Livelihood bets on a backdrop of poverty, anarchy, prostitution, lack of basic amenities among a myriad of social complexities. A walk within the slum actually reveals the complex nature of life ...

A rural community's experience indicates that an essential element in a war on poverty is inducing Slum dwellers to develop patterns of social functioning, including group action and local leadership ...

The developing world is becoming more urban. Some observers see this as the unwelcome precursor to new poverty problems, such as urban slums blossoming in congested cities. Yet others see it as a ...

She lives in a slum in the shadow of Quest ... the World Bank's median poverty line. And 21%, or more than 250 million people, survive on less than $2 a day. Like other middle-class Indians ...