April 2011
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Urban Age →
a world wide investigation into the future of cities
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My government’s effort would be to create a slum free India in five years...
– President of India, Pratibha Patil’s address to the Joint Session of 15th Lok Sabha in New Delhi, June 2009
Mumbai’s Dharavi slum is the most entrepreneurial place I’ve ever...
– “New Land of Opportunity” by Ed Glaeser, Forbes Magazine
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in·for·mal·i·ty
noun /,infôr’malitē/
informalities, plural
1. Relaxed, friendly or unofficial style of nature; absence of formality
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INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
It is estimated that over 90 percent of India’s workforce is employed in the informal sector.
~ approx 370 million workers, i.e. > population of the United States.
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INFORMAL HOUSING
One fifth of India’s urban population live in...