Urban Profiling is an assessment of needs and capacity building gaps at the city level.

In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities.

In Ethiopia, the profiling was undertaken under the leadership of national and local authorities.

Mozambique, which is located on the south eastern coast of Africa, has a population of 20 million.

Hosting 30 percent of the urban population of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia and the diplomatic centre of Africa, is one of the fastest growing cities on the continent.

It is Ethiopia's second largest city with 384 000 inhabitants and with the rapid urban growth witnessed in the city, Dire Dawa's urban population is expected to grow by nearly 50 percent by the year 2015.

Moçambique situa-se na costa oriental de África, é um país com uma população aproximada de 20 milhões de habitantes. Saído de uma Guerra civil devastadora em 1992, o país tem crescido a uma taxa anual de quase10%.

Lorsque le commandant français, Protet, faisait hisser le drapeau français sur Dakar le 25 mai 1857, la future grande ville située sur l’extrémité occidentale du Sénégal, en bordure de l’Océan Atlantique, n’était qu’un petit village Lébou.

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