Kenyan Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressure to control the spread of the housing problem in the country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, but only measures two square kilometers, which is about half the size of Central Park in Manhattan. Most of the houses one-story structure and density of 3,000 people per hectare (compared to 43 in London, 100 in New York, and 143 in Tokyo), making it one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Slum life in a terrible western standards and receives almost no support from the local authorities in connection with the entrenched bureaucracy that seemingly biased interests in slums. "Hide
by Arthur I Segel, Nicholas P. Retsinas, Mark Diaz, John Shepherd Source: Harvard Business School 20 pages. Publication Date: January 4, 2007. Prod. #: 207017-PDF-ENG
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