Adam Auerbach and Tariq Thachil: Covid-19 Challenges in India's "Slum Settlements" by Governance Uncovered published on 2021-05-26T12:42:04Z Episode 27: This month, we talk to Adam Auerbach (American University) and Tariq Thachil (University of Pennsylvania) about COVID-19 challenges in India’s so-called “slum settlements”. They argue that the landscape of service delivery is increasingly centralizing, and the lack of property rights in the slum settlements shape relations between the citizens and the state. Most residents feel that the state is dismissive in their response to COVID-19 in the urban slums of India. They further analyze and how settlement leaders cope with COVID-19 in the slums, where it is very difficult to socially distance. Selected work: Auerbach, Adam Michael and Tariq Thachil. 2020. “How Does COVID-19 Affect Urban Slums? Evidence from Settlement Leaders in India.” World Development. Genre News & Politics