The report focuses on key aspects and innovative instruments/practices that are specific to Zimbabwe. he report is organized into five chapters. Chapter 1 focuses on the Macro-economic and socio-political context of Zimbabwe. Chapter 2 focuses on “The Housing Conditions and Housing Market in Zimbabwe” citing the history and development of the housing finance system in Zimbabwe in the pre- and post independence eras.

In Zambia the Sustainable Cities Programme was implemented in Lusaka from 1994-2001 to address high levels of poverty and inequality experienced in the city resulting from a shrinking economy as the country’s copper-dominated export sector started to dwindle and government’s capacity to adequately deliver public services was impaired.

The Sustainable Cities Programme was first implemented in 1996 in Shenyang and Wuhan, in China. From this initial experience, the environmental Planning and Management methodology was integrated in urban management to address pressing environmental concerns, such as air pollution, water quality, solid waste management and urban traffic.

Nuevos enfoques para construir procesos de planificación urbana y gestión ambiental en la ciudad se hacen necesarios para que la funcionalidad de los mismos sea sostenible.

The Sustainable CitiesProgramme/LA21 Programme in the Philippines was started in 1998 by UN-HABITAT in collaboration with the department of the environment and Natural Resources. It was targeted at secondary towns and was perceived as a localization of the Philippine Agenda 21.

Decision makers in local government face the ongoing challenge of how to provide services to the residents with limited resources.

Housing in Thailand has generally not been considered the responsibility of local government.

The multi-stakeholder and multi-sector approach of the Slum Upgrading Facility provides a forum for the voices of poor communities and slum dwellers to be heard.

Le but ultime du Profil du Secteur Urbain est de contribuer au développement de la politique de réduction de la pauvreté urbaine aux niveaux lo-cal, national et régional en Afrique et dans les Pays Arabes.