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Sustainable Reconstruction: A Framework for Inclusive Planning and Financing to Support Green Transition in the Arab States Region
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Sustainable Reconstruction: A Framework for Inclusive Planning and Financing to Support Green Transition in the Arab States Region
2023
UN-HABITAT, UNDP
This framework represents a comprehensive guide for Arab countries emerging from conflict and crisis situations to design and implement sustainable reconstruction activities that accelerate efforts towards building forward better. Drawing on analyses of over 100 reports and consultations with multiple stakeholders across relevant sectors, including government officials, planners, investors, and others, in Iraq, Libya, the State of Palestine, Sudan, and elsewhere, the framework serves as an…
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World Water Development Report 2019 Water and Climate Change
Global Report
World Water Development Report 2019
2019
FAO, UN-HABITAT, UNDP, UNECE, UNECLAC, UNESCAP, UNESCO, UNESCWA, UNHCR, World Bank
The United Nations World Water Development Report, Leaving no one behind, launched 19 March 2019 during the 40th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and in conjunction to the World Water Day, demonstrates how improvements in water resources management and access to water supply and sanitation services are essential to addressing various social and economic inequities, such that ‘no one is left behind’ when it comes to enjoying the multiple benefits and opportunities that…
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Dialogues on localizing the post-2015 development agenda-Cover image
Paper
Dialogues on localizing the post 2015 development agenda
2014
UN-HABITAT, UNDP
This report is based on a dialogue process through 2014, whose purpose was to respond to the following questions: how will the Post-2015 Devel-opment Agenda be implemented at the local level?; what local governance processes, tools, institutions, mechanisms, and other means of implementa-tion are needed to achieve the future sustainable development goals (SDGs)?; and how can the voices of local stakeholders be amplified and their inclusionin…
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Greater Cairo Urban Development Strategy - Cover image
Policy and Strategy
Greater Cairo Urban Development Strategy
2012
Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, Government of Egypt, UN-HABITAT, UNDP
Recognizing GC’s importance and the vital role it plays in Egypt and the whole Arab and African region, the GOPP has formulated the future vision of the GC as a first step to prepare the GC strategic plan. A number of international and local experts specializing in various fields have participated in the development of the GC future vision.
This report presents the proposed vision and specifies the GC development policies and projects…
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Technical Report
Investigating Grey Areas: Access to Basic Urban Services in the Adjacent Areas of Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon
2010
UN-HABITAT, UNDP
This publication is a joint UN-HABITAT and UNDP effort to investigate access to basic urban services in the Adjacent Areas (AAs) of Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon. AAs are informal Palestinian gatherings that are located along the boundaries of official Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. In terms of access to basic urban services, AAs represent "Grey Areas" since they are denied both public and UNRWA basic urban services, given that the latter are provided within the…
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