Entries tagged ‘Informal City’
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Do American Cities Have Informal Settlements?
As Lima works to integrate its poorer outlying neighborhoods, some U.S. cities are turning away from theirs.
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Why Chennai’s Vendors Prefer the Sidewalk to the Mall
For 115 years, vendors have plied their trades near the Lily Pond Shopping Complex. And for just as long, the city has been trying to convince them to go inside.
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The Middle-Class Vendors Shaking Up Bangkok’s Street Trade
Informality doesn’t always correlate with poverty and low education. Meet the business-school grads redefining what it means to operate a stall on the streets of Bangkok.
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An Unexpected Economic Boom Brings Questions About Who Benefits
Since Ghana started pumping oil in 2010, Accra has been blessed with one of the world’s fastest growing economies. But informal sector workers still piece their livelihoods together bit by bit.
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In Nairobi’s Slums, Problems and Potential as Big as Africa Itself
The Kenyan capital is a city of extremes, with some of the largest slums, biggest informal economies, and most glaring inequality on the continent.
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Lima Roars to Life, Thanks, In Part, To Its Informal Settlements
The Peruvian capital of Manuel Vigo’s youth was a quiet and dodgy place ringed by informal settlements. Today, those settlements have become the city, and the streets crackle with energy.
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