An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian ...

Lagos is Nigeria's economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country. Lagos slums are characterized by high levels of poverty—the state of not having enough resources to meet ...

A man from Mumbai's Dharavi slum has achieved remarkable financial success. He transformed from extreme hardship to building ...

NEW DELHI, India -- India's poorest souls crowd the banks of the Yamuna in an early morning mist, dumping waste, washing clothes and bathing in one of India's holiest -- and most polluted -- rivers.

A terrible mix of unemployment, poverty, crime, and the climate crisis is making life unbearable for those living in the ...

A recently-published study to estimate “child food poverty” among children aged between 2 and 5 in urban slums found that they lacked adequate nutrition in energy and protein. Most children in urban ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. "When I visit residents where I used to get work, everyone is adamant about giving out ...

Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums. While Kenya is ranked a middle income country, World Bank statistics show that 4 in every 10 ...

As part of Sustainable Development Goals, the United Nations have set targets of upgrading slums and reducing poverty in all its dimensions by 2030. Policies towards improving the living conditions of ...

The question, "Are we doing enough for the urban poor?" has a clear answer: not yet. The government must first build a proper ...