[Blog] Every time a foreign corporation, government, or other type of organisation expresses interest in land or development in a city or in a country, it impacts the everyday lives of the poor. The challenge is to balance the influence of powerful global processes with local needs to make urbanisation work for all. The lesson here is that local actors, especially in city government, through working and supporting citywide federations of the urban poor, become more effective in managing these processes. At the global level, SDI is increasingly serving as a platform for organised urban poor constituencies to speak directly with decision-makers in major international organisations and forums. The aim and impact of these interactions is to strengthen the local processes through which federations form and build citywide alliances. Read more about how local processes are impacting on the global stage on our blog. sdinet.org/blog/2013/10/21/connecting-global-processes/
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:13:38 +0000
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