14 Dec 2011

Video source: ICMAvideos  The International City Managemement Association (ICMA) has partnered with Cities Alliance, the Government of Uganda and the Uganda SDI alliance on a project that seeks to transform...

09 Dec 2011

**Cross-posted from Homeless People's Federation of the Philippines (HPFP) Blog**  ILOILO CITY- Social preparatory activities such as the Social Mapping and Dream House Workshop are among the capacity building activities supported by...

09 Dec 2011

**Cross posted from Muungano Support Trust blog** The Republic of Kenya, precisely the county of Nairobi, has for the past 48years had a crisis of inequality (unequal distribution of resources). Over...

08 Dec 2011

Crossposted from CORC Blog By Walter Fieuw, CORC, and Vernon Bowers, Stellenbosch Municipality The creation of a new Urban Poor Fund was the highlight of the event: The community contributed...

07 Dec 2011

The Indian SDI Alliance, SPARC-NSDF-Mahila Milan, alongside long-standing partner PRIA initiated events in various states in India to seek deeper community participation on government poverty linked programs in cities. Participants...

28 Feb 2011

ENUMERATION AND PROFILING OF SLUM SETTLEMENTS IN KAMPALA CITYUganda's urban population is estimated at 5 million people (2009) of which 60% live in slums; Uganda is targeting to uplift the...

28 Feb 2011

By George Masimba, Dialogue on ShelterThe Zimbabwean Alliance hosted the second National Forum whose theme was ‘strengthening our process through savings’. The Forum which was held in the Midlands Province...

21 Feb 2011

By Jack Makau, SDI secretariatTraditionally land information held by most governments (certainly all developing world governments) is stored in cadastral formats. What this means is that governments store records of...