This paper is intended to explore the challenges and opportunities for scaling up private participation in urban upgrading activities and the models through which this can happen. Upgrading is broadly...
Slum upgrading projects are designed to provide a package of basic services aimed at improving the living conditions of residents in low-income communities. These typically involve a range of infrastructure...
This paper provides an overview on what has been learned about urban poverty over the past decade with a focus on what is new and what the implications are for the World Bank going forward in an increasingly...
The study provides an overview of the multi-faceted and spatial dimensions of urban poverty in Ethiopia drawing on the 1999 household survey data. First, the study observes urban poverty through a spatial...
The rationale for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into projects is twofold: 1) From a national and global perspective, it increases the reach of targeted HIV/AIDS interventions to all sectors, and to more people...