The HOF Gallery sticks out like sin in a citadel. Amidst the rubble around and the iron shanties flanking it, she stands tall ...

Slum tourism, a controversial practice where tourists visit impoverished urban areas, has gained attention for its complex relationship with urban poverty. This phenomenon raises questions about ...

IN the dark corners of just about every developing country, you will find a slum or two. These are residential areas with little or no regular water supply; little or no electricity; no wide access ...

The developing world is becoming more urban. Some observers see this as the unwelcome precursor to new poverty problems, such as urban slums blossoming in congested cities. Yet others see it as a ...

Dharavi, in central Mumbai, is considered one of the largest slums in Asia, but deep within this neighborhood, below the ...

Crime feeds on the slums. This is where bosses recruit new thugs, this is where they sell drugs and profit, this is where they live, rule and hide. If we don't solve the problem of extreme poverty in ...

Livelihood bets on a backdrop of poverty, anarchy, prostitution, lack of basic amenities among a myriad of social complexities. A walk within the slum actually reveals the complex nature of life ...

She lives in a slum in the shadow of Quest ... the World Bank's median poverty line. And 21%, or more than 250 million people, survive on less than $2 a day. Like other middle-class Indians ...