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Although poverty remains a primarily rural phenomenon, urban poverty is becoming a severe, pervasive – and largely unacknowledged feature of urban life. The findings in this report show how...

The 21st century is the Century of the City. Cities contain both order and chaos. How can city planners and policymakers harmonize the various interests, diversity and inherent contradictions within...

The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population. What does this mean for the state of our cities, given the strain this global demographic shift is placing upon current urban...

What this new edition of State of the World’s Cities shows is that prosperity for all has been compromised by a narrow focus on economic growth. UN-Habitat suggests a fresh approach to prosperity...

This Report goes above and beyond the first Report, which provided a general overview of housing and urban management issues in Africa. While examining poverty, slum incidence and governance, this...

This is the official report submitted biennially to the General Assembly by the Committee on Contributions on their sixty-sixth session dated 5-30 June 2006.

Official Records of the Report of the Committee on Contributions: Seventieth Session (7-25 June 2010).

Official Records of the Report of the Committee on Contributions: Seventy-first Session (6-24 June 2011).

Official Records of the Report of the Committee on Contributions: Seventy-Second Session (4-29 June 2012)

Official Records of the Report of the Committee on Contributions: Seventy-third Session (3-21 June 2013)

This study reviews the informal transport sector throughout the world, and identifies promising enabling and remedial strategies. The publication is a valuable tool for local, regional and national...

Half of the world’s people live in urban areas, and roughly a third of these live in desperate poverty without access to basic amenities. This volume focuses on the deficiencies in the provision of...

Strategic planning for local economic development is a cornerstone of sustainable development. It involves wise resource use, integrating values and thinking ahead. The LED Training Series uses case...