Mizoram's Urban Development Minister K Sapdanga met Union minister Manohar Lal to discuss urban development strategies, stressing drainage and waste management improvements. Discussions with ...

Mizoram Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation Minister K Sapdanga on Friday called on Union minister Manohar Lal in New Delhi and held a detailed discussion on development of urban towns in the ...

China has made continuous efforts to consolidate and expand its poverty alleviation achievements in a five-year transitional ...

A think tank report has put the spotlight on the key Chinese practices that have consolidated and expanded China's poverty ...

Lunglei town has bagged the 'Promising Swachh Shehar of Mizoram Award' under the Swachh Survekshan Awards, officials said on Friday. The ceremony organised by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ...

The Chinese government has committed to spending $20.6 billion (146 billion yuan) on poverty alleviation in 2020 -— a figure which doesn’t include additional funds from local governments and ...

For Xu Yanli and her family, moving to a nearby newly built apartment building with all the modern conveniences has been far ...

Urban Poverty. In 1981, ... Over $2.2 trillion was invested in poverty alleviation, including $252 billion in direct funding and $1.4 trillion in loans (including microcredit for women).

There is a clear difference in poverty dynamics between urban and rural settings. In cities, education, self-employment and access to services like health and utilities are the strongest ...

Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Report of the Committee on Slum Statistics/Census. In. National Buildings Organisation, Government of India: New Delhi, India, 2010.

There appears to be a correlation between poverty and unemployment. The country’s unemployment rate is usually estimated to be around 25 percent, rising to 50 percent among males in the townships.

She and other officials said Malipo, where 233,000 people are spread among several towns and hundreds of “village groups,” is a model for China’s poverty alleviation efforts in recent decades.