As the world’s population climbs toward the 8.5 billion mark, there is the ever-present question of where some people are ...

With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one ...

An Indian court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the award of a contract to Adani Group to revamp one of Asia's ...

The slum drew international attention as the inspiration for the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Business school researchers and city planners from around the world have studied its $1bn ...

The slum was the inspiration for the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire film and city planners from all over the world have studied its throbbing economy and society. The local doctor examined the ...

Isla Puting Bato sits in the district of Tondo, which is Manila’s largest slum area home to roughly 654,220 people. Many live in shabby shacks across densely packed streets near a busy ...

Fourteen children from Kibera slums recently showcased their robotics and AI-powered solutions at the Enjoy AI International ...

Cities across East Asia and the Pacific are not delivering infrastructure, jobs, and services at a pace as rapid as urban development, leading to widening inequalities which may hamper economic growth ...

The craftsman exports his products all over the world and employs seven potters ... but in Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, which has one million residents and a population density of extreme ...

The slum is also known to exports goods around the world. 2. Bhalswa Slum, Delhi: About 24 percent of Delhi's population is said to live in slums. The Bhalswa slum dwellers come from various parts of ...