02 Oct 2014

An influential debate is playing out in the proverbial halls of global development decision-making far from the informal settlements in African cities. The basic targets that will drive government decisions around spending and...

07 Jul 2014

'Jockin-sir', as Mumbai's slum dwellers call him, is an inspirational figure helping India's dispossessed stand up for their rights, find new homes, and plot a way out of urban poverty...

10 Apr 2014

By Ariana MacPherson, SDI Secretariat  There has been a lot of discussion at this week’s World Urban Forum about the use of data as a key tool in the development...

27 Mar 2014

SDI is getting ready for the seventh World Urban Forum (WUF) to be held in Medellin, Colombia from 5 - 11 April 2014. As the largest and most widely attended...

20 Mar 2014

  While cities are increasingly central to global development agendas, the precise strategies of city development remain contested. In almost all cities in Africa and Asia, the allocation of resources...

12 Feb 2014

SDI is pleased to share the below letter of support from Billy Cobbett, Director of Cities Alliance, for SDI's nomination for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Included is a link...

06 Feb 2014

Shelter Norway reports that SDI has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Below is the full press release in English. **Press release** BEACON OF THE WORLD’S URBAN POOR NOMINATED FOR...

14 Jan 2014

In the recent months SDI, in partnership with external consultants, has been involved in an institutional and policy oriented evaluation. The purpose was to take stock of major changes in...

25 Sep 2013

Global discussions and serious reflections on development goal setting post-2015 have begun.  To some degree the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been able to inject socially responsible goal setting into...