Urban Poverty Policy Brief
More than half of the world’s population, approximately 3.3 billion people, live in urban areas. Over the next 20 years, the percentage of urban dwellers living in the developing world will rise to 80 percent, and without concerted action, the majority will live in slums. One billion poor people currently contend with sub-standard housing, unsafe drinking water, insecure tenure and no access to basic sanitation, education and health services. Such conditions can serve as breeding grounds for disease and social instability. Despite these facts and potential consequences, urban poverty has been largely absent from the U.S. foreign assistance agenda.
This policy brief includes recommendations and actions.
Resource collections
- Prioritisation
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience
