This document is an internal Nepal country impact study of initiatives supported by UN-HABITAT’s Water and Sanitation Trust Fund (WSTF) undertaken by a team of international consultants.

A practical guide to conducting comprehensive national housing profiles with a direct objective of understanding the housing sector, while offering evidence-based data to inform policy reform.

The objectives of the evaluation are to assess UN-HABITAT's efforts in mainstreaming gender across its programmes and policies, and the appropriateness of its institutional arrangements and strategic partnerships for the promotion of gender equality in human settlements.

The evaluation of the UN-Habitat Youth Programme was mandated by UN-Habitat Governing Council resolution 21/6, which, among other things, requested the Executive Director to establish the Opportunities Fund for Urban Youth-led Development, and undertake an evaluation of the operation of the special fund and to submit a report thereon to the Governing Council at its twenty-third session in April 2011.

This publication, Innovative Land and Property Taxation, is derived from a 2009 conference in Warsaw, Poland.

This report examines the housing finance system in Mexico.

The collection of municipal solid waste is a public service that has important impacts on public health and the appearance of towns and cities.

El Estado de las Ciudades en México 2010/2011 presenta los temas que inciden en mayor medida a México, país en el que actualmente tres cuartas partes de su población vive en ciudades y la mitad de la población debajo de la línea de la pobreza. La publicación presenta los retos urbanos económicos y de sustentabilidad, así como el derecho a la ciudad, las mejores prácticas y las oportunidades que ofrecen las ciudades.

Today, the housing situation in Nepal, especially for the urban poor, remains far from adequate. Indeed, urban dwellers in Nepal have been finding it increasingly difficult to afford housing due to rapid price rises in land.