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Towards a better life? A cautionary tale of progress in Ahmedabad
Research reports and studies | June 2015 |
Tanvi Bhatkal, William Avis and Susan Nicolai
Ahmedabad, the fifth largest city in India, has achieved significant progress since the 1990s. The city provides a useful lens through which to explore the rural-urban transition and how its challenges can be addressed, particularly terms of improvement in material…

On the path to progress: improving living conditions in Peru’s slum settlements
Research reports and studies | June 2015 |
Julio Calderón Cockburn, Jesús Quispe Romero, Paula Lucci, Amanda Lenhardt
This case study explores the improvements in living conditions in slum settlements located in the outskirts of cities in Peru. This period saw significant progress in access to utilities in these areas, with positive changes recorded in water piped directly to…

Community-driven development in the slums: Thailand’s experience
Research reports and studies | June 2015 | Tanvi Bhatkal and Paula Lucci
This case study examines progress in the living conditions of slum dwellers in Thailand since the 1990s. Thanks to community-centred slum upgrading programmes, notably Baan Mankong, this period has seen improvements in tenure security, housing conditions and access to…