The definition of a slum varies from one form to another depending on the background or country from which an individual comes from. Someone from a rich country may define slums as old run down buildings, whereas someone from a poor country will define slums as un-serviced haphazard constructions . The universal definition of a slum as found in the dictionary is said to be a heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and filth . …showed first 75 words of 1242 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1242 total…poor women and their institutions. The impact of all these efforts showed that 60, 000 poor women could create assets worth RS. 200 million (aprox. 7 million $US). Therefore by providing slum dwellers with training and teaching them how to manage their accounts, their participation increases, and thus the organization such as SEWA succeed. The reason such organizations succeed is because they concentrate on improving the underlying problems that actually result in poverty, rather then trying to eradicate them.