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Slum Upgrading consists of physical, social, economic, organizational and environmental improvements undertaken cooperatively and locally among citizens, community groups, businesses and local authorities.
Essential Ingredients of Nationwide Slum Upgrading
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Demonstrate political will
Both national and local
governments must provide the vision, commitment,
and leadership required to sustain nationwide
upgrading.
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Set national and
city targets
Set clear targets
and ensure public sector accountability by
engaging stakeholders in planning and monitoring
results.
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Put it in the
budget
Support slum
upgrading as part of core business, nationally
and locally.
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Implement policy
reforms
Ensure necessary
reforms dealing with land, finance, and
institutional frameworks.
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Ensure open and
transparent land markets
Reform closed and
opaque land markets which encourage corruption,
patronage, and exploitation of the urban poor,
as well as constrain capital markets.
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Mobilise
non-public sector resources
Engage slum
dwellers themselves, who have both the ability
and the interest in promoting upgrading, and the
private sector, which should be engaged as a
risk-sharing partner rather than a mere
contractor to the public sector.
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Prevent the growth
of new slums
Facilitate access
to land and services by planning realistically
for future growth.
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