1-5 of 9 matching articles 5 20 100 All The economics of "free housing" in Mumbai: time for a new discourse Sharmeen Contractor and Shilpa Rao • 10 May 2011 The current slum rehabilitation scheme creates incentives for developers to distort the housing market; civil society must challenge the rhetoric of 'free housing' to allow leaders to consider alternatives. The right to proximity: understanding the World Urban Forum's "Right to the City" Kerwin Datu • 22 March 2010 The World Urban Forum opens today in Rio de Janeiro, under the slogan "Right to the City: bridging the urban divide." Recent advances in urban economics allow us to see that this is a fundamental part of how cities function, not a radical concept. Portrayal of slums won't deter investors; Nigerian govt needs to focus on policies for its own people Rolake Rosiji • 11 May 2010 Rolake Rosiji argues that the Nigerian government needn't worry about foreign investors' perceptions of slums, since this has not deterred investment in India and China. Bill Easterly and why we don't know how to solve poverty Kerwin Datu • 20 May 2010 Last night's presentation by development economist William Easterly demonstrated very well the ignorance of most economists when it comes to understanding the connections between poverty and growth. Why being in the middle of nowhere is smarter than it used to be Robert Bell • 11 March 2014 Just as mass production moved into rural areas after its invention in cities, so too may high tech services move into the countryside as broadband spreads out into sparsely populated areas. 1 2