​​This paper is one of nine drafted by national entities in Ukraine as part of a UN-Habitat-commissioned collection entitled Thematic Paper Series Informing Urban Recovery Approaches in Ukraine. The paper examines how Ukraine’s decentralization reform has shaped local governance and recovery planning, tracing the evolution from highly centralized Soviet-era governance through post-independence devolution and the formal decentralization reforms initiated after 2014. It finds that the transfer of…

​​This paper is one of nine drafted by national entities in Ukraine as part of a UN-Habitat-commissioned collection entitled Thematic Paper Series Informing Urban Recovery Approaches in Ukraine. Municipal governance is central to Ukraine’s recovery because many of the country’s most important recovery decisions and service-delivery challenges are managed where people live: in territorial hromadas through local self-government bodies (LSGBs). Decentralization reforms since 2014 expanded local…

​This paper is one of nine drafted by national entities in Ukraine as part of a UN-Habitat-commissioned collection entitled Thematic Paper Series Informing Urban Recovery Approaches in Ukraine. The paper examines how Ukraine’s land and property system has evolved from Soviet-era collective/state ownership through post-1991 privatization, decentralization and recent digitization reforms, and how these legacies continue to affect housing and urban development. While Ukraine has made significant…

The Mid-Term Evaluation Report for Phase 2 of the Korea-funded National Urban Policy Program (K-NUPP) provides a detailed assessment of progress achieved between 2022 and late 2025. Evaluated against UN-Habitat’s 2024 Policy criteria - relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, sustainability, and coherence - the program has achieved at least "good" performance across all metrics, earning "excellent" ratings specifically in efficiency and impact.

​​This publication contains the first global database on National Housing Policies; a critical tool for countries to articulate commitments, coordinate action, and set a clear vision for inclusive and sustainable housing systems. It analyzes which countries have National Housing Policies; what elements they contain, how they align with multilateral frameworks, and what themes they cover.​

The Multilayered Vulnerability Profile for Pakse City analyzes urban, climate change, and biodiversity dimensions to identify vulnerable areas and hotspots. It highlights challenges including rapid urbanization, flooding, infrastructure gaps, and biodiversity loss, while providing insights to support sustainable and climate-resilient urban development.

The Multilayered Vulnerability Profile for Kaysone Phomvihane, Lao PDR, examines urban, climate change, and biodiversity vulnerabilities to identify key hotspots of overlapping risks. It highlights challenges including rapid urban expansion, flooding, heat stress, infrastructure gaps, and forest loss, supporting evidence-based urban resilience planning.

Produced jointly by UN-Habitat and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) Regional Programme Economy Africa, the publication explores the role of urban law in supporting climate-resilient and low-carbon development. Through comparative case studies, it identifies legal and institutional approaches that strengthen nationally determined contributions, urban planning, governance, transport, housing, building standards and financing, offering practical lessons for scaling climate action and advancing…

The report “Progress Towards Durable Solutions for IDPs in Greater Pemba: Opportunities & Challenges in Pemba, Metuge and Mecufi” is intended to serve as a meaningful tool to inform policy and planning towards durable solutions for internally displaced persons in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, in Mozambique.