Financial Times reports on World Summit on Sustainable Development

Alexandra, a stone's throw from Johannesburg's wealthiest suburbs, is one of the most striking examples of inequality in the world. But the South African government hopes to turn it into a model of sustainable development.

Residents of corrugated iron hovels are being settled in better, permanent homes. Their fragile tenements are being moved from the banks of a frequently flooding river. Drains and water pipes are replacing open sewers.

The catalyst for this transformation is next month's World Summit on Sustainable Development, a United Nations conference that will be held just 2km away in Sandton.

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