Slum

Urban area with high Poverty and no Infrastructure (Clean Water, access to World Energy Grid, etc.); ripe for Urban Development

aka ghetto?

often no Property Rights - Squatt Ing; see Hernando De Soto

often mostly driven by Underground Economy

often no local Rule Of Law - resort to Tribalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum

UN-Habitat 2003 report The ChallengeOfSlums

• http://www.unhabitat.org/global_report.asp

• http://www.citymayors.com/report/slums.html