Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Approximately 880 million people, or one in four urban residents, live in slums today. While this enumeration is useful, it is not a trivial exercise to estimate slum population for a city, let alone globally, especially when the definition of a slum remains a debatable construct. To demonstrate thi...

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Main Authors:	Patel, Amit, Joseph, George, Shrestha, Anne, Foint, Yaeli
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2019
Subjects:	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SLUMS HOUSING POVERTY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32084

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spelling	okr-10986-320842021-05-25T10:54:41Z Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals Patel, Amit Joseph, George Shrestha, Anne Foint, Yaeli SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SLUMS HOUSING POVERTY Approximately 880 million people, or one in four urban residents, live in slums today. While this enumeration is useful, it is not a trivial exercise to estimate slum population for a city, let alone globally, especially when the definition of a slum remains a debatable construct. To demonstrate this point empirically, we utilize a household survey from nine cities in Bangladesh and provide three different estimates of slum population based on three distinct definitions. We use a contextual definition that was adapted by the Government of Bangladesh, and two universal definitions that were adapted by the international development community. Two of the universal definitions were proposed to track progress on the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, respectively. By applying these different definitions to the same data, we found that the Bangladeshi Government’s definition provides slum population estimates that are far lower compared to those when we apply the definitions provided by the international development community. Such underestimation could misguide policymakers who want to know the extent of the policy problem, influence what kind of policy solutions will be pursued, and directly affect how these solutions will be targeted to respective populations. 2019-07-12T20:09:54Z 2019-07-12T20:09:54Z 2019-06-10 Journal Article Housing and Society 0888-2746 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32084 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh
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spellingShingle	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS SLUMS HOUSING POVERTY Patel, Amit Joseph, George Shrestha, Anne Foint, Yaeli Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
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description	Approximately 880 million people, or one in four urban residents, live in slums today. While this enumeration is useful, it is not a trivial exercise to estimate slum population for a city, let alone globally, especially when the definition of a slum remains a debatable construct. To demonstrate this point empirically, we utilize a household survey from nine cities in Bangladesh and provide three different estimates of slum population based on three distinct definitions. We use a contextual definition that was adapted by the Government of Bangladesh, and two universal definitions that were adapted by the international development community. Two of the universal definitions were proposed to track progress on the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals, respectively. By applying these different definitions to the same data, we found that the Bangladeshi Government’s definition provides slum population estimates that are far lower compared to those when we apply the definitions provided by the international development community. Such underestimation could misguide policymakers who want to know the extent of the policy problem, influence what kind of policy solutions will be pursued, and directly affect how these solutions will be targeted to respective populations.
format	Journal Article
author	Patel, Amit Joseph, George Shrestha, Anne Foint, Yaeli
author_facet	Patel, Amit Joseph, George Shrestha, Anne Foint, Yaeli
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title	Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
title_short	Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
title_full	Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
title_fullStr	Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
title_sort	measuring deprivations in the slums of bangladesh : implications for achieving sustainable development goals
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Measuring Deprivations in the Slums of Bangladesh : Implications for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

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