Unfettered growth of slums is a daunting transition challenge and many upgrading programs
fail to sustainably improve the livelihoods of slum residents. This paper elaborates a …

Infrastructure investments, a core element of slum upgrading, play a role in improving the
livelihoods of over 1 billion slum residents globally. Established planning practices often …

Slums are informal housing settlements commonly found in urban areas of developing
countries which are characterised by poor shelter, low service provision and lacking in …

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 …

Slum upgrading is accepted as a priority for sustainable development. While there are clear
challenges to upgrading, local support and community engagement are seen as essential to …

Drawing on project experiences over a thirty-year period and academic literature, this paper
focuses on the question: what has worked in slum upgrading in Africa? We find that efforts to …

Low-income households continue to live in poor quality housing coupled with overcrowding
and inadequate access to basic services and infrastructure. Although efforts have been …

Today's rapid global urbanization highlights the need for long-term transformations of basic
service sectors in developing cities in order to improve the livelihoods of the urban poor …

This paper discusses the sustainability of two different approaches to upgrade water and
sanitation infrastructure in Kenya's largest informal settlement, Kibera. A background to the …

Various slum upgrading interventions have been implemented by numerous institutions to
improve conditions of slum residents. It however remains unclear the extent to which the …