The urban population in The Gambia stood at 53 percent of the total ppulation in 2003.

The urban profiling in Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels.

The Banjul Urban Profiling consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at local and national levels. The purpose of the study is to develop urban poverty reduction policies at local, national, and regional levels, through an assessment of needs and response mechanisms, and as a contribution to the wider-ranging implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

The urban profiling in Brikama consists of an accelerated, action-oriented assessment of urban conditions, focusing on priority needs, capacity gaps, and existing institutional responses at the local and national level.

Enabling shelter strategies call for a fundamental shift in the role of government, from provider to enabler of affordable housing.

Housing Practices is an ongoing series that documents the experiences of countries who are implementing large-scale affordable housing programmes.

The report arises out of special session on the global financial crisis organised by UN-HABITAT in 2008.

Rental housing has remained a neglected area of national housing policy which has instead focused, often exclusively, on promoting home ownership.

This Policy Guide provides policy-makers with the necessary knowledge about the challenges and rights of Indigenous peoples in relation to land and property in the urban context.