Slum dwellers in developing countries, including India and Bangladesh, are as badly off as, if not worse off than, their rural relatives, says a new UN-HABITAT report released Saturday .

According to the Cities Alliance, slums develop due to two main reasons: rapid rural-to-urban migration and bad governance. The United Nations estimated that in 2022, 55% of the world’s ...

The changeover now is nearly complete, with Amish families also building large, comfortable homes (and barns) with a view. What six decades ago was termed the county’s “worst rural slum area ...

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Research suggests that urban slum residents are 35% more likely to be hypertensive than people living in rural areas. In Nairobi, Kenya's capital city, around 60% of the population lives in slums ...

Through initiatives like the rural slum literacy program, Step-Up Academy empowers young people with essential literacy ...