As in most post-conflict environments, Liberia has experienced the
lack of effective government capacity and the lack of local institutional
capacity. This has hampered its reconstruction and development efforts
especially in the absence of a co...
Year: 2011,
Periodicity: Monthly, Type of publication: Periodical
Training institutions are key actors in supporting the capacity development
of government authorities – both at national and local level alike. However,
compared to their mandate, inadequate priority is being given towards
strengthening them and...
Year: 2011,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
UN-HABITAT has been providing technical support
to Egypt’s General Organization for Physical Planning
(GOPP) in implementing its 50 (fifty) small cities
planning project. The challenge in the 50 cities
include weak capacity and resources, coupl...
Year: 2008,
Periodicity: Quarterly, Type of publication: Periodical
HOUSING THE URBAN POOR - A NEW GUIDE FOR ASIAN CITIES
Rapid urbanization is taking place across Asia, with more and more people in need of housing. Over 500 million people live in slums and squatter settlements in the Asia-Pacific region. At...
Year: 2007,
Periodicity: Biannually, Type of publication: Periodical