Slums may triple as economic woes hobble U.N. efforts | International | Reuters - 0 views
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Glycon Garcia on 30 Mar 09NAIROBI (Reuters) - The global economic crisis is jeopardizing efforts to help the world's growing number of slum dwellers, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. The U.N. housing agency UN-Habitat, which is hosting a major meeting this week in the Kenyan capital, says the number of slum dwellers in the world could triple to 3 billion by 2050 if left unchecked.