Informal Settlements Sample Clauses

Informal Settlements. According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (2012), an informal settlement, or slum, is an area with “inadequate access to safe water, inadequate access to sanitation and other infrastructure, poor structural quality of housing, overcrowding, and insecure residential status.” In addition to this definition, informal settlements, are characterized by low income and education levels, high unemployment, and elevated disease prevalence (Buigut, Ettarh & Amendah, 2015). By 2050, nearly 55% of people in Sub Saharan Africa are projected to live in urban areas (UN DESA, 2014). As the urban population continues to grow, the number of people living in informal settlements is expected to double over the next decade. Those most affected by this transition to informal settlements will be people with low socioeconomic status (Ayah et al., 2013). However, in spite of their large numbers, there is a lack of official information concerning their informal settlements and their residents. Due to their illegality in some areas, slums are often not included in formal population surveys or are lumped together with other non-slum areas, which fuels their stigmatized status and misunderstandings of the unique issues they face (Fotso, Ezeh & Oronje, 2008). In Sub Saharan Africa, Kenya has experienced one of the fastest rates of urbanization. Close to a quarter of Kenya’s nearly 46 million residents live in urban areas, where high rates of poverty have resulted in the proliferation of informal settlements for the urban poor (Kenya DHS, 2010; Xxxxxx-Xxxxxx & Ngindu, 2007). In the capital city of Nairobi, over half of the city’s 3.915 million residents live in slum areas (Karanja & Makau, n.d.; CIA, 2015). Because these settlements are informal and illegal, residents do not benefit from government infrastructure or services, such as waste collection, sewage systems or water lines. Without these crucial services, overcrowded, densely populated informal settlements overwhelm available environmental resources, leading to adverse environmental and social conditions that contribute to poor health outcomes for slum dwellers (APHRC, 2002). In the absence of a proper waste disposal system, residents dispose of their garbage in empty plots and the open spaces on a settlement’s physical border. After rain, runoff water mixes with garbage and human waste, which can result in contamination of crops and drinking water. Improper sanitation contributes to more than just water and fo...
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Informal Settlements. A member must discuss informally the complaint with his/her Xxxx/Director of Library within 14 calendar days after the event giving rise to the complaint or after he/she becomes aware of the event giving rise to the complaint. If informal discussions with the Xxxx/Director of Library are unsuccessful in resolving the complaint after a period of 10 calendar days, the parties must present the complaint to the Joint Consultative Committee as per Article 32:01. The Joint Consultative Committee will meet and the parties concerned or their representatives will make an informal attempt to settle any dispute at this Committee. If these attempts fail, the aggrieved party may invoke the formal grievance procedure as per Article 31:04.
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Related to Informal Settlements

  • Commercial Settlement All the commercial settlements under this agreement shall be as per Government of Gujarat’s Solar Power Policy 2015 and Order No. 3 of 2015 dated 17.08.2015 of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission and any subsequent orders in this regard. The commercial settlement will be as follows:

  • Final Settlement The Parties agree and acknowledge that this Compromise Agreement shall constitute a final settlement between the Parties. This Compromise Agreement resolves only issues addressed in the Compromise Agreement.

  • The Settlement The Settlement was reached on May 11, 2018. Class Counsel filed this action on May 10, 2018. Over two years prior to the filing of this action, Class Counsel and Defendant’s Counsel conducted an adversarial informal discovery process. Class Counsel reviewed and analyzed thousands of pages of documents provided by Defendant and also reviewed many other documents, including U.S. Department of Labor Forms 5500 and other publicly available documents. The Parties participated in mediation before a nationally recognized mediator who has extensive experience in resolving similar claims involving other 401(k) plans. Only after six months of extensive arm’s length negotiation following the mediation were the parties able to agree to the terms of the Settlement. As part of the Settlement, a Qualified Settlement Fund of $17,000,000 will be established to resolve the Class Action. The Net Settlement Amount is $17,000,000 minus any Administrative Expenses, taxes, tax expenses, Court-approved Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, Class Representatives’ Compensation, and other approved expenses of the litigation. The Net Settlement Amount will be allocated to Class Members according to a Plan of Allocation to be approved by the Court. In addition to the monetary component of the Settlement, the Parties to the Settlement have agreed to certain additional terms: (1) During the first eighteen months (18) following the final approval of the Settlement, Defendant has agreed that the Plan’s fiduciaries will conduct a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) process for recordkeeping services to the Plan; (2) Within the first year following final approval of the Settlement, Defendant has agreed to publish a communication to then current Plan participants explaining the risks and benefits of the Plan’s money market fund investment option; (3) Defendant also will use an independent consultant familiar with fixed income investment options in defined contribution plans who will review the investment lineup and make recommendations to the Plan’s fiduciaries regarding whether to retain the money market fund and whether to add a stable value or comparable fund; (4) In addition, during the three- year Settlement period, Defendant has agreed to provide Class Counsel a list of the Plan’s investment options and fees; and (5) In considering investment options for the Plan, Defendant has agreed that the Plan’s fiduciaries will consider: (a) the lowest-cost share class available for any particular mutual fund considered for inclusion in the Plan as well as other criteria applicable to different share classes; (b) the availability of revenue sharing rebates on any share class available for any particular mutual fund considered for inclusion in the Plan; and (c) the availability of collective trusts, to the extent such investments are permissible and are otherwise identical to a particular mutual fund considered for inclusion in the Plan.

  • Grievance Settlements With respect to the processing, disposition, or settlement of any grievance initiated under this Agreement, and with respect to any court action claiming or alleging a violation of this Agreement, the Union shall be the sole and exclusive representative of the employee or employees covered by this Agreement. The disposition or settlement, by and between the Employer and the Union, of any grievance or other matter shall constitute a full and complete settlement thereof and shall be binding upon the Union and the bargaining unit, the employee or employees involved, and the Employer. The satisfactory settlement of all grievances shall be reduced to writing and shall be written on or attached to each copy of the written grievance and signed by the representatives involved. Unless otherwise expressly stated, all such settlements shall be without precedent for any future grievance.

  • Dispute Settlement 1. A Party may not initiate proceedings under the general dispute settlement provisions of this Agreement regarding a refusal to grant temporary entry under this Chapter unless: (a) the matter involves a pattern of practice; and (b) the business person has exhausted the available administrative remedies regarding the particular matter. 2. The remedies referred to in subparagraph 1(b) shall be deemed to be exhausted if a final determination in the matter has not been issued by the competent authority within one year of the institution of an administrative proceeding, and the failure to issue a determination is not attributable to delay caused by the business person.

  • Full and Final Settlement 21.1 This agreement is in full and final settlement of all Union or employee claims relating to employee rights and entitlements. Accordingly, the Union or employees shall not pursue any extra claims, nor take any industrial or protest action concerning any matter explicitly or implicitly dealt with in this agreement.

  • Amicable Settlement i. Either Party is entitled to raise any claim, dispute or difference of whatever nature arising under, out of or in connection with this Agreement (“Dispute”) by giving a written notice (Dispute Notice) to the other Party, which shall contain:

  • Loss Settlement Covered property losses are settled as follows:

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