'Barefoot surveyors' flag needs in world's slums, key to urban development : activist

By Paola Totaro QUITO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mapping slum areas is critical if cities are to bridge the gap between the bustling, informal economies of their shantytowns and richer districts, a leading activist told a U.N. meeting to shape urban development over the next 20 years. Rose Molokoane, coordinator for Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) and a veteran South African grassroots activist, said the urban poor are too often denied a say in the economic development of their commu