Slum Almanac
Slum Almanac 2015-2016_EN_web.pdf
Slum Almanac 2015/2016
Tracking Improvement in the Lives of Slum Dwellers
Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme
Programme Participatif d’Ameloration des Bidonvilles
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Today, in our world, one in eight people live in slums.
In this Almanac you can find key information about
the global challenge of slums and what countries are
doing to address it for the attainment of sustainable
urbanisation, particularly those in the African,
Caribbean and Pacific regions who are implementing
the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme, PSUP.
Urbanisation is the driver for economic development
but slum dwellers are left behind if their issues and
concerns are not integrated into urban policies and
legislation, planning, financing frameworks and
investment.
Sustainable, inclusive and well planned urbanisation
enables all citizens to benefit from economic
growth and prosper. This has been acknowledged
by ‘Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development’ through a standalone
urban Sustainable Development Goal – Goal 11:
‘Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and sustainable.’
Improving the lives of the millions living in slum
conditions today continues to be a core task for
development and for ending our world’s poverty,
first stipulated in the Millennium Development
Goals – Target 7D – and recently reaffirmed by the
Sustainable Development Goal 11 under Target 11.1
‘By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and
affordable housing and basic services and upgrade
slums.’
In presenting facts, data and related successful
initiatives, the main aim of this Almanac is to help in
tracking one of the essential aspects of making our
cities and towns inclusive and prosperous: to improve
the living conditions of the urban poor – and, in
doing so, to bring forward its valuable contribution
to the sustainable development of humankind.