Research on the global growth of digital identification programs has been largely silent on the implications for children and on birth…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
Reforming public-sector organizations--their structures, policies, processes and practices--is notoriously difficult, in rich and poor…
Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas…
Based on survey research and ethnographic interviews, we analyze struggles over housing and access to infrastructure in two low-income "…
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A housing lottery in an Indian city provided winning slum dwellers the
opportunity to move into improved housing on the city’s periphery.…
Mumbai's Dharavi slum is the most entrepreneurial place I've ever been. In one dark room--open to the street--there are two men recycling…