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The State of African Cities 2014

Re-Imagining Sustainable Urban Transitions

Series: The State of African Cities
( Print: September 2015, PDF: December 2015 )

Africa is in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Its economic performance is...

Africa is in the midst of simultaneously unfolding and highly significant demographic, economic, technological, environmental, urban and socio-political transitions. Its economic performance is...


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L'etat des villes Africaines 2014

Réinventer la transition urbaine

Series: L'état des villes africaines
( PDF: December 2015 )

Le continent africain se trouve en proie à des mutations majeures qui se déroulent simultanément dans les domains démographique, économique, technologique, environnemental, urbain et sociopolitique...

Le continent africain se trouve en proie à des mutations majeures qui se déroulent simultanément dans les domains démographique, économique, technologique, environnemental, urbain et sociopolitique...


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ESCWA Water Development Report No.2

State of Water Resources in the ESCWA Region

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development
( Print: April 2008, PDF: July 2008 )

There is a growing concern among the international community that a pending water crisis is threatening the entire global population, not only those living in arid to semi-arid areas. This Report, the...

There is a growing concern among the international community that a pending water crisis is threatening the entire global population, not only those living in arid to semi-arid areas. This Report, the...


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ESCWA Water Development Report No.3

Role of Desalination in Addressing Water Scarcity

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development
( Print: May 2010, PDF: December 2009 )

There is a growing concern among the international community that a pending water crisis is threatening the entire global population, not only those living in arid to semi-arid areas. This Report, the...

There is a growing concern among the international community that a pending water crisis is threatening the entire global population, not only those living in arid to semi-arid areas. This Report, the...


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ESCWA Water Development Report 4

National Capacities for the Management of Shared Water Resources in ESCWA Member Countries

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development
( Print: August 2012, PDF: April 2012 )

This report focuses on national and regional capacities for the management of shared water resources in ESCWA member countries. Specific attention is paid to the legal frameworks for shared water...

This report focuses on national and regional capacities for the management of shared water resources in ESCWA member countries. Specific attention is paid to the legal frameworks for shared water...


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ESCWA Water Development Report 5

Issues in Sustainable Water Resources Management and Water Services in the Arab Region

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development
( Print: October 2014, PDF: September 2014 )

The Arab Ministerial Water Council (AMWC) took the initiative to establish a regional monitoring mechanism for water and sanitation services that builds upon indicators globally monitored under the...

The Arab Ministerial Water Council (AMWC) took the initiative to establish a regional monitoring mechanism for water and sanitation services that builds upon indicators globally monitored under the...


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The State of African Cities 2010

Governance, Inequality and Urban Land Markets

Series: The State of African Cities
( Print: April 2011 )

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 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...


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ESCWA Water Development Report 6 (Arabic language)

The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development
( PDF: March 2016 )

This sixth issue of the ESCWA Water Development Report offers an analytical framework and a series of case studies for understanding the water-energy-food security nexus in the Arab region. The...

This sixth issue of the ESCWA Water Development Report offers an analytical framework and a series of case studies for understanding the water-energy-food security nexus in the Arab region. The...


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ESCWA Water Development Report 6

The Water, Energy and Food Security Nexus in the Arab Region

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development
( Print: May 2016, PDF: March 2016 )

This report offers an analytical framework and a series of case studies for understanding the water-energy-food security nexus in the Arab region. The analytical framework considers the interlinkages...

This report offers an analytical framework and a series of case studies for understanding the water-energy-food security nexus in the Arab region. The analytical framework considers the interlinkages...


ESCWA Water Development Report

Vulnerability of the Region to Socio-economic Drought (Arabic language)

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development

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ESCWA Water Development Report 1

Vulnerability of the Region to Socio-economic Drought

Series: ESCWA Series on Water Development
( Print: February 2006, PDF: October 2006 )

The present study addresses the gap in understanding socio-economic drought in the ESCWA region. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of developing drought detection, preparedness and...

The present study addresses the gap in understanding socio-economic drought in the ESCWA region. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of developing drought detection, preparedness and...


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Investing in Development

A Practical Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

We have the opportunity in the coming decade to cut world poverty by half. Billions more people could enjoy the fruits of the global economy. Tens of millions of lives can be saved. The practical...

We have the opportunity in the coming decade to cut world poverty by half. Billions more people could enjoy the fruits of the global economy. Tens of millions of lives can be saved. The practical...


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Halving Hunger

It Can Be Done

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

This Millennium Project Task Force Report examines current world progress towards eliminating hunger, and calls for the implementation of seven recommendations in the areas of: political action...

This Millennium Project Task Force Report examines current world progress towards eliminating hunger, and calls for the implementation of seven recommendations in the areas of: political action...


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Toward Universal Primary Education

Investments, Incentives, and Institutions

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

Better education is fundamental to the prospects for economic and social development and the end of world poverty. This Millennium Project Task Force Report offers a rigorous set of interventions that...

Better education is fundamental to the prospects for economic and social development and the end of world poverty. This Millennium Project Task Force Report offers a rigorous set of interventions that...


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Taking Action

Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

There are many practical steps that can be taken to reduce inequalities based on gender, which hinder the potential to reduce poverty and achieve high levels of well-being in societies around the...

There are many practical steps that can be taken to reduce inequalities based on gender, which hinder the potential to reduce poverty and achieve high levels of well-being in societies around the...


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Who's Got the Power? Transforming Health Systems for Women and Children

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

The central thrust of this Millennium Project Task Force Report is that dramatic, meaningful, sustainable progress toward decreasing child and maternal mortality requires an intense focus on improving...

The central thrust of this Millennium Project Task Force Report is that dramatic, meaningful, sustainable progress toward decreasing child and maternal mortality requires an intense focus on improving...


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Combating AIDS in the Developing World

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

HIV/AIDS is a global catastrophe, threatening social and economic stability in the most affected areas, while spreading relentlessly into new regions. Over the past year, 3 million people died of AIDS...

HIV/AIDS is a global catastrophe, threatening social and economic stability in the most affected areas, while spreading relentlessly into new regions. Over the past year, 3 million people died of AIDS...


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Coming to Grips with Malaria in the New Millennium

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents an innovative strategic framework for relieving the burden that malaria imposes on society through the implementation of tried and tested anti...

This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents an innovative strategic framework for relieving the burden that malaria imposes on society through the implementation of tried and tested anti...


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Investing in Strategies to Reverse the Global Incidence of TB

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

Nearly 2 million people die each year from TB. However, real progress has been made over the last decade in implementing DOTS, an effective intervention against TB. This Millennium Project Task Force...

Nearly 2 million people die each year from TB. However, real progress has been made over the last decade in implementing DOTS, an effective intervention against TB. This Millennium Project Task Force...


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Prescription for Healthy Development

Increasing Access to Medicines

Series: UN Millennium Development Library
( Print: June 2005 )

Access to essential medicines is vital for the health and prosperity of people in developing countries. This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents authoritative and in depth strategies for...

Access to essential medicines is vital for the health and prosperity of people in developing countries. This Millennium Project Task Force Report presents authoritative and in depth strategies for...