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An Integrated Deprived Area Mapping System (IDEAMAPS) Network in partnership with the University of Lagos and other organisations has launched a three-year project to develop a data-sharing ecosystem ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — One of the Rio shantytowns taken over by police this week has a population that is younger, less educated and more cut off from state services than other slums – ...

1. Is landscape improvement in the slums possible and sustainable? Yes. It’s possible to landscape low-income settlements. If it has been done in Central and South American city slums like Bogota and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

21 May 2005 Tehran (IRIN) - A nationwide project has been launched to upgrade slum areas in three Iranian cities, with work scheduled to begin in a further five cities over the next eight ...