A key innovation of the Bairro Legal programme is its comprehensive, progressive approach to urban upgrading that focuses on low-income area residents facing social exclusion.
Following its transition from a socialist to a market-led economy in the 1990s, Mongolia has urbanised rapidly. The collapse of the traditionally nomadic livestock economy has triggered large scale migration to cities.
The urban poor, often living in flimsy housing in precarious locations with little or no access to basic services, face the maximum risk posed by climate change.
