May 26th, 2010
U.N. Report: India and China Massively Improving Slums
China and India have improved the lives of more slum dwellers than any other country, the United Nations Human Settlements Program newly launched State of the World Cities 2010/2011 report said.
UN-HABITAT's report, which was launched in Nairobi on Monday night, says that the two countries have lifted at least 125 million out of slums between 1990 and 2010.
"China's achievement has been the most spectators, with improvements to the daily conditions of 65.3 million urban residents who were deprived of shelter," the report said.
Proportionally, China's urban population living in slums fell from 37.3 percent in 2000 to some 28.2 percent in 2010, a relative decrease of 25 percent.
