Favelas, or metropolitan slum.

C. Slum Upgrading Facility

Tangible steps taken in this direction are the slum upgrading initiatives in Eastern Africa, including the Kenya slum upgrading programme.

The Millennium Project drew attention to the new slum formation and the need to provide positive alternatives to new slum formation.

Residents of fancy neighbourhoods and slum dwellers

The UN Habitat Government of Kenya slum upgrading programme is located at the Athi River and at Kibera, the largest urban slum in Africa.

Targeted measures to increase opportunities for education among slum dwellers could strengthen their role as agents of change and partners in slum community improvement.

Slum areas have also been badly hit by landslides.

Monitoring target 11, on improving the lives of slum dwellers

I would much rather live in a slum than in a building.

Slum upgrading provides a unique opportunity for attaining the Millennium Development Goals.

Second, to monitor better the Millennium Development Goal target concerning slum dwellers.

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Urban development promoting jobs, upgrading slums and developing alternatives to new slum formation

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