CIVIS January 2001: Medidas adoptadas por Swazilandia para mejorar los barrios de tugurios

This issue of CIVIS profiles the Swaziland Urban Development Project (SUDP). The project characterises many of the design and implementation principles that the Cities Alliance promotes: 

  -  The establishment of a policy and institutional framework for urban upgrading through strong political will of the national government

  -  Active community participation,

  -  Collaboration across various agencies

  -  Engagement from inception of a private financial institution,

  -  Provision of secure tenure for the poor

  -  Cost recovery as a goal and design principle

  -  Use of successful pilot programmes to scale up services to reach more poor persons