women in South Asian societies. This paper examines this tenet in the context of India, with particular emphasis on possible … policies relating to women's empowerment against a backdrop of rapid urbanization. …South Asia has the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world, despite rapid economic growth compared to other …

’s malnutrition. The children living in slums are more likely to experience anthropometric failure. Research limitations …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the determinants of malnutrition of primary school-age (five to ten …. The composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) is constructed to use an indicator of malnutrition. Findings – The …

households in two urban slums of Ramanagaram, indebted to micro-credit organizations. Indebtedness of many of these households to … microfinance sector in urban India …

under-serviced slums, housing 30% of the total city population. All this is the result of a restrictive zoning regime that …

through frontline workers and slum-women’s groups are recommended. On the health access front, in India it is easier for women … focuses on recently migrant adolescent girls in India’s fast growing urban slum population for whom multiple vulnerabilities …-interview with slum women’s group members discussed challenges for migrants and ways in which these might be addressed. Data were …

This paper addresses differences in outcomes across households residing in slums and non-slum urban areas of India … justification for slums garnering a sizable portion of the allocation of water and sanitation programs. On the other hand, we found … not dominate the distribution of these goods in the slums. In fact, at very low levels of MPCE and per capita living area …

. Previous community initiatives have been predominantly rural, but India is urbanizing. While working to improve health service …

As developing countries rapidly urbanize, the number of people living in 'slums'-neighbourhoods lacking property rights … social mobility in today's urban slums in order to assess prospects for upward mobility in cities of the Global South … interventions that accompanied urbanization in the Global North. We argue that urbanization will not automatically improve prospects …