=> Village level election in Philippines/ Source: LOCOA photo file CO and POLITICS Organizing communities has reached another level. NGOs and POs have explored ways of in…

Training cum Exposure Programme The second batch of training cum exposure programme for Dhaka based , 40 community leaders and activists was held at Kolkata from November 11 to…

Urban Land Reform in Areas of the State Railway of Thailand: The Experience of Slum Dwellers’ Struggle in Thailand 1) Insecurity of Settlement: the Core of the Slum Problem …

1. Background Slums in Thailand first began to appear in 1961, during the period of the first Economic and Social Development Plan. This development plan, which emphasized indus…

To overcome problems created by massive rural-urban migration, industrialisation, increased trade, a phenomenal rise in the number of vehicles, and their related environmental and …

The Philippine Government has begun massive evictions since early last year to implement its Northrail and Southrail Projects. The two projects will evict an estimated 150,00…

Over 2940 houses were demolished in last four months in Karachi city On 22nd April 2006 the city district government Karachi (CDGK) demolished another 40 houses in Allah Wali…

SINCE April 2002 when President Pervez Musharraf laid the foundation stones of the Northern Bypass and the Lyari Expressway Project (LEP), the latter has been the focus of heated c…

2004 Despite some clashes, a cease-fire between the KNU rebels and the military government further reduced conflict violence. Negotiations have yet to produce a formal agreement bu…

200 banners belong to Udeep Beusaree Network and UPLINK were discarded by Military Officers. Today, 26 December 2005, all of those involved in Aceh and Nias reconstruction proj…