1.   In Tegucigalpa and most other Latin America cities, urban shantytowns have been built through a complex, decades-long process of demographic push and pull.

2.   Still, the urban shantytowns were better off than the thousands of small hamlets and villages that fell prey to the cyclone.

3.   Millions across Central America still struggle to stay alive in urban shantytowns or muddy, forgotten villages.

4.   On Friday he is scheduled to visit an urban shantytown and several projects funded by the Bank.