Coastal Cities of the Western Indian Ocean Region and the Blue Economy: City Case study - Kilifi 2021 Commissioned by WIOMSA and UN-Habitat and produced by Arup, this report offers knowledge resources for city and national government stakeholders, WIOMSA, UN Habitat, private sector and civil society. This case study provides specific blue economy recommendations for Kilifi, focusing on strategic and operational opportunities for the city and its blue economy stakeholders, informed by primary and secondary research.
Generación de nuevos instrumentos para el financiamiento municipal Generating new instruments for municipal financing 2021 This publication presents a set of notable urban finance experiences that have been applied to various municipal management objectives in several countries and discusses their potential applicability in Bolivian cities.

Esta publicación presenta un conjunto de experiencias destacadas de finanzas urbanas que han sido aplicadas a diversos objetivos de gestión municipal en varios países y discute su potencial aplicabilidad en las ciudades bolivianas.
Regional Office for Africa: Annual Report 2020 2020 This report captures the Regional Office for Africa advisory services, solutions, and interventions to national and local governments across Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020. It also highlights the impact and the lessons learnt in the process.
Somalia Programme Country Briefing Note 2020 2020 UN-Habitat has been active in the Somalia urban sector for more than 30 years to promote sustainable and participatory urban development. Responding to the implementation of Somalia National Development Plan 9 and Somaliland National Development Plan II, UN-Habitat’s interventions in Somalia focuses on durable solutions for IDP’s, strengthening urban planning and municipal finance to address urbanization challenges and at the same time enhance service delivery capacity; and to improve infrastructure and livelihood to consolidate peace gains and stimulate economic growth
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Urbanization 2020 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have been a popular policy instrument to stimulate economic growth. It has widely been used globally in both developed and developing countries. While this is true, this paper finds that SEZ policy varies across countries based on different stages of development. But what are the interlinkages between SEZs and the megatrend of urbanization? Should SEZ policy objectives and design be contextualized to urban scenarios? To answer these questions, UN-Habitat partnered with UNCTAD to prepare this paper on the interlinkages between Special Economic Zones and urbanization. This paper is a product of the discussions held at the side event on special economic zones during the World Urban Forum held in Abu Dhabi in 2020.
Governance Assessment Framework for Metropolitan Territorial and Regional Management (GAF-MTR) 2020 The Governance Assessment Framework for Metropolitan, Territorial and Regional Management (GAF-MTR) and its two-step assessment tools present an analytical and practical vision of governance. They propose the understanding of governance as a complex process in which institutional solutions, decision-making and collective action must work together.
UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter – November 2020 2020 UN-Habitat Iraq November Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics.
Rapport de l’examen participatif du Schéma national d’aménagement du territoire 1991 de Guinée 2020 En 1991, la Guinée s’est dotée d’un outil de maîtrise de la croissance urbaine rapide, à savoir le Schéma National d’Aménagement du Territoire (SNAT) dont la finalité générale consistait à « modifier et optimiser la répartition des individus et de leurs activités sur le territoire national dans un souci d’équilibre géographique, d’épanouissement social, d’efficacité économique et environnementale ». Le présent rapport porte sur l’examen participatif de la mise en œuvre de cet outil.
National Urban Policy Guide: Mainstreaming Urban-Rural Linkages in National Urban Policies 2020 UN-Habitat is supporting over 50 countries in National Urban Policies (NUP) processes towards implementation of the SDGs and NUA. This guide primarily addresses decision-makers and stakeholders engaged in NUP to strengthen Urban-Rural Linkages (URL). Professionals and policymakers working on the urban-rural policy interface will find this guide useful to support their actions and decisions.
City-wide public space assessment toolkit: A guide to community-led digital inventory and assessment of public spaces 2020 The purpose of this document is to guide cities when conducting a city-wide public space assessment. It illustrates the steps that should be followed within the process to ensure that the public space assessment meets the objectives of the city. By applying this tool, cities are able to understand the state of their public spaces, specifically the network, distribution, accessibility, quantity and quality of their public spaces.