The emergence of slums is a common feature in a country's path towards urbanization, structural transformation and … model to examine the conditions for slums to emerge. We then use the model to examine whether slums are barriers or stepping …) of slums in Brazil. We then conduct policy counterfactuals. For instance, we find that cracking down on slums could slow …

Housing, particularly for low income urban households, is a long-standing challenge in India. In 2012, 96 per cent of … the all India urban housing shortage of 18.78 million was confined to low-income economic groups. This study empirically … examines three facets of urban India's housing demand using the latest available nationally representative household data on …

mitigate the identification problem posed by observational data, I design a survey experiment with poor households in India. I …

India is at the cusp of a major urban transition. In less than twenty years, India's urban population is expected to … nearly double from 377 million today to over 600 million. Indian cities already contribute an estimated two-thirds of India …, accommodating a growing urban workforce will require large investments in new urban spaces. How prepared is India to deal with this …

Act, 2013, has made sweeping changes in the land acquisition laws of India (LARR Act, 2013). By increasing the …