Today, 85% of the world’s slum-dwelling population is concentrated in Asia and Africa, leading many to believe that countries in the developed world have no slums.

When the US president launched his global trade war in April, South Korea was hamstrung, frozen by political turmoil. And a key industry was in the firing line.

Maleesha Kharwa’s rise from the slums of Mumbai to the international fashion stage is not just a story of personal triumph but a testament to resilience, hope, and the power of dreaming big.

In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters ...

World's largest slum packed with 2.4m people where locals are forced to build own sewers This sprawling slum, which has 13 official neighbourhoods, has struggled to cope with overcrowding, disease ...

The world’s slums are full of … private school kids. VATSYAYANA/AFP In rural India, half of all schoolchildren are in private schools, but it’s not because they’re from wealthy families.

FEATURE-World's slum populations set to surge as housing crisis bites. By Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation. June 8, 2023 1:56 PM UTC Updated June 8, 2023 * More than 1 billion ...

The World’s Largest Slums – Orangi Town, Pakistan In 2016, a report by the World Economic Forum reported that Dharavi in India was one of the largest slums in the world. Another major slum ...

A 2020 UN data mapped out three regions with the largest concentration of slums in the world which include Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and South-Eastern Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2016, the World Economic Forum reported that Dharavi in Mumbai, India, was one of the largest slums in the world, with an estimated population count of 1 million. The slum’s informal economy ...

In this article, we take a look at the 20 countries with the lowest slum population in the world. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of slum populations, you can directly go to 5 ...

In this article, we take a look at the 20 countries with the largest slum population in the world. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis, you can directly go to the 5 Countries with the ...