This paper presents the results of a case study of one informal settlement in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, subject to titling under Systematic Land Registration (SLR) since 2009. The paper discusses the complexities around land titling programs in securing land tenure security and the well-being of...

This paper presents results from one of the first independent socioeconomic household surveys to study urban poverty among Saudi nationals. This survey was administered to 496 Saudi households in Dammam in 2019. Poverty is conceptualised as relative poverty, which is based on the country’s...

Armuts- und Sozialberichterstattung ist in vielen Kommunen zu einem sozialwissenschaftlichen Instrument in der Sozialplanung geworden, das mit betriebswissenschaftlichen Konzepten des "Neuen Steuerungsmodells" konkurriert. Lokale Sozialberichte sind eingebunden in die Widersprüche sozialer...

Introduction : structure vs. agency and the poor urban experience -- The economics of the poor urban experience -- Space usage and cost differentials in Gary, Indiana : counting the costs -- Differential goods and services to feed a family : who pays the costs? -- Differential goods and services...