his report describes UN-HABITAT’s projects in the over 50 countries in which they are currently active.

This paper gives an overall vision of the strategy that has been adopted by UN-HABITAT to ensure that all the relevant Millennium Development Goals, generally, and the goals that target directly the urban poor, more specifically, become an integral part of the priorities and actions of its different organizational units.

This is the first Report of the Advisory group on forced evictions (AGFE) to the Executive Director of UNHABITAT.

The Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) started in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam in 1992 under an initiative known as the Sustainable Dar es Salaam Project. Dar es Salaam was one of the first demonstration cities in Africa where environmental planning and management were revitalized under the SCP, a joint initiative of UNHABITAT and UNEP to implement Agenda 21.

Dar es Salaam is the main industrial and commercial centre of the United Republic of Tanzania.

This new book, which is jointly published by UN-HABITAT and the Università IUAV di Venezia, gives an account of different policies, practices and governance models that are addressing the issue of international migration in an urbanizing world.

This publication is a abridged edition of Financing Urban Shelter: Gobal Report on Human Settlements 2005 (the main report).

The Local Elected Leadership (LEL) series presents two roles and ten competencies essential for every elected official to effectively perform their job when serving local communities.

The Local Economic Development (LED) series is a resource for local governments, businesses and civil society organizations to help them initiate and implement local economic development interventions through a strategic planning process.