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2003

The Challenge of Slums: Global Report on Human Settlements 2003

UN-Habitat

Nearly a billion people already live in slums, and the report argues that upgrading their homes and legalising their tenure works better than the clearance and relocation still favoured by many governments.

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Slum Almanac 2015-2016: Tracking Improvement in the Lives of Slum DwellersUN-Habitat, 2015Tracks slum populations and conditions worldwide against the Millennium Development Goal targets, arguing that despite real gains the absolute number of slum dwellers kept growing because urbanisation outpaced upgrading.

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