En esta ponenc a trataré de hacer un balance de algunas de las nvest gac ones que hemos llevado a cabo en d st ntos momentos de nuestra trayector a académ ca, con el objeto de retomar c ertas conclus ones de las m smas en el contexto en que se d eron or g nalmente y de expl car porqué comenzamos a explorar nuevos temas o a buscar nuevas maneras de entender aquellos ya anal zados.

Kenya’s cities and towns are centres of industry, education, and culture, hosting 34 percent of the national population and generating over 65 percent of the national GDP.

This Compendium has been compiled to accompany the Workshop on Strategies and best practices in crime prevention, in particular in relation to urban crime and youth at risk in the context of the 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Bangkok, Thailand from 18-25th April 2005.

Introduction of participatory budgeting can be a sound vehicle in realizing good governance and fighting poverty. It is a mechanism that involves elected leaders, public officials, service providers, and non-state actors – civil society, private sector and development part

The goal of this document is to make evident the situation of young people living at risk in Latin America and to propose policies to face this problem.

This policy paper forms part of UN-HABITAT’S Global Campaign on Urban Governance.

This strategy paper has been developed in the context of UN-Habitat’s Safer Cities Programme, and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

The special needs of children and young people have to be part of urban development and planning - from the beginning and not as an afterthought. Children and young people must be listened to.

The world continues to urbanize at an unprecedented pace and this year, for the first time ever, over half of the world’s population will be living in cities.