Slum upgrading strategies and their effects on health and socio-economic outcomes

i Plain language summary v List of figures vii 1. Background 1 1.1 Description of the issue 1 1.2 Description of the intervention 2 1.3 How the intervention might work 3 1.4 Why it is important to do this review 4 2. Objectives 6 3. Methods 7 3.1 Criteria for considering studies for this review 7 3.2 Search methods for identification of studies 10 3.3 Data collection and analysis 12 4. Results 17 4.1 Description of studies 17 4.2 Risk of bias in included studies 19 4.3 Effects of interventions 24 5. Discussion 37 5.1 Summary of main results 37 5.2 Overall completeness and applicability of evidence 43 5.3 Quality of the evidence 47 5.4 Potential biases in the review process 48 5.5 Agreements and disagreements with other studies or reviews 48 6. Authors' conclusions 50 6.1 Implications for practice 50 6.2 Implications for research 51 7. Acknowledgements 53 8. Contributions of authors 54 9. Declarations of interest 55 10. Differences between protocol and review 56 11. Published notes 57 12. Summary of findings tables 98 13. Additional tables 103 References to studies 122 Other references 126 14. Sources of support 137 15. Feedback Appendices 138