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August 30, 2012
Patterns of internet usage in rural Africa
This post enlists a few academic publications instrumental in understanding the patterns of internet usage in the developing world, as well as network traffic locality in rural African villages. Read more here.
August 30, 2012
India: Government announces hike in allocation under IAY
The government of India recently announced a hike in allocation of grants to BPL families under the housing scheme IAY (Indira Awas Yojana) from INR 45,000 to INR 75,000 per unit, an increase of about 67 per cent. Read more here.
August 30, 2012
Vietnam: 11,000 housing units built in Dong Thap, but housing needs still unaddressed in the country
Under a 3-year programme to offer housing for the poor and underserved by the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, about 11,000 housing units, worth US$14 million have been built in the province of Dong Thap. Read more here. However, according to Dr Duong Chi Thien, head of the Viet Nam […]
August 30, 2012
Jamaica: Government partners with Food for the Poor to make housing units
Jamaica, which has been aggressively making affordable housing units for its poor in its direct approach to deal with lack of housing in the country has now partnered with Food for the Poor, an international charity, to provide as many as 9000 housing units to low income people across the […]
August 30, 2012
India: Central Government provides fund for 15,000 in Rohtas
About 15,000 BPL (Below Poverty Line) families of Rohtas district in Bihar will own their own homes, in a move by the Union rural development minister, Jairam Ramesh to release about INR 150 million of funds allocated for the same under a scheme names IAY (Indira Awas Yojana). Read more here.
August 30, 2012
India: Indian Railways to provide ‘houses’ for urban slum dwellers near the rail tracks
‘Sukhi Griha’ is the name of the special low-cost houses to be constructed by the Indian Railways for the slum dwellers with their colonies around the rail tracks, in Mumbai, Sealdah, Siliguri, Tiruchirapalli and Delhi. This is designed to reduce the encroachment made by slum dwellers. Read more here.
August 30, 2012
India: Affordable housing scheme in Gujarat
The State Government of Gujarat, India has launched a new Affordable Housing scheme in the urban areas of the state. The State Government will be creating an “Urban Poor Shelter Fund” which will provide financial incentives to the respective agencies charged with putting out the housing units. Read more here. […]
August 30, 2012
Ghana needs political commitment to fight slums
According to Jefferey W. Paller, a researcher from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Ghana needs strong political will and leadership if it wants to fight the desperate situation of slums in the country. Paller has been carrying out a one-year long field work on slums in Greater Accra Region. Read […]
August 30, 2012
Haiti threatened by Isaac
The tropical storm Isaac could potentially threaten Haiti, still recovering from its devastating earthquake of 2010. Isaac could cause some life threatening flash floods and mudslides, and people without their own houses, living in settlement camps are most at risk. Read more here.
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