Basic housing : policies for urban sites, services, and shelter in developing countries

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Logement élémentaire : viabilisation et habitat dans les pays en développementSpanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Vivienda básica : políticas sobre lotes urbanos, servicios y vivienda en los países en desarrolloPresents research facts, insights, and ideas related to the planning and implementation of basic housing programmes, the two most common forms of which are at present community upgrading and sites and services. Includes a bibliography

Vivienda básica : políticas sobre lotes urbanos, servicios y vivienda en los países en desarrollo

Versión en inglés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Basic housing : policies for urban sites, services, and shelter in developing countriesVersión en francés disponible en la Biblioteca Digital del IDRC: Logement élémentaire : viabilisation et habitat dans les pays en développemen

Urbanization and Slum Formation

The formation of slums need not be inevitable with rapid urbanization. Such an argument appears to be contradicted by evidence of large slum populations in a large number of developing countries and particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions like Asia. The evidence discussed suggests that city authorities faced with rapid urban development lack the capacity to cope with the diverse demands for infrastructural provision to meet economic and social needs. Not only are strategic planning and intervention major issues in agenda to manage rapid urbanization, but city governments are not effectively linking the economic development trajectory to implications for urban growth and, hence, housing needs. In the following discussion, a case study is presented in support of the argument that city governments have to first recognize and then act to establish the link that is crucial between economic development, urban growth, and housing. This is the agendum that has been largely neglected by city and national governments that have been narrowly focused on economic growth with the consequent proliferation of slum formation as a housing solution

Logement élémentaire : viabilisation et habitat dans les pays en développement

Version anglaise dans la bibliothèque: Basic housing : policies for urban sites, services, and shelter in developing countriesVersion espagnole dans la bibliothèque: Vivienda básica : políticas sobre lotes urbanos, servicios y vivienda en los países en desarroll

Évolution sociale et migration interne en Afrique : rapport du Groupe de travail sur la migration

Traduction basée sur Social change and internal migration : a review of research findings from Africa, Asia and Latin America (IDRC-TS6e)Examen des recherches relatives à la migration interne et au changement social en Afrique. Analyse les limites de la recherche actuelle; traite des causes et conséquences de la migration, des caractéristiques et de la motivation des migrants, des problèmes que pose la migration en matière de politique de développement et de l'incidence des recherches connexes. Bibliographie

Cambio social y migración interna : una reseña de hallazgos investigativos en América Latina; informe del Grupo de Trabajo para Reseña de la Migración

Traducción basada en Social change and internal migration : a review of research findings from Africa, Asia, and Latin America (IDRC-TS6e)Reseña de investigación relativa a migración interna y cambio social en América Latina - (1) examina las limitaciones de la investigación actual (2) incluye información sobre los determinantes y consecuencias de la migración, las características y motivaciones de los migrantes, aspectos de política de desarrollo e implicaciones investigativas relacionadas. Bibliografía