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If we cut to the chase...to me at least the underlying issue is one of fear, on multiple levels. On the macro level, few with the means are willing to invest the large sums of capital required to enact major change in areas holding an unacceptable risk of failure. On a micro level, most people above the poverty line are not enthusiastic about entering these areas for fear of the violence and uncomfortable issues likely to be seen and experienced. It becomes a catch 22.
Until there is a reason for corporate entities to believe a market is within reach, they wont usually step in. Until the investment is made in improvement of facilities and security, the market will not be there. This leaves a population stuck in a limbo of poverty which is perpetuated by the simple fact they are there. Given a choice, I myself avoid these areas if at all possible, regardless of the possible economic benefit that might be found there, primarily because I dislike the feeling of insecurity I get every time I visit.
In my view, until the people living in these areas step up and improve the community they are forced to be in, there is no reason to expect growth and prosperity. Its not a happy reality, but its the one I see.
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