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Rights and Reality: Are women's equal rights to land, housing and property implemented in East Africa?
2002
Women's equal rights to land, housing and property are recognized in international law and are translated into national law by an increasing number of governments.
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Crime in Nairobi: Results of a City wide Victim Survey; Safer Cities Series 2
2002
This publication is part of the Safer Nairobi project, funded by UNDP, which is working towards a city-wide crime prevention strategy.
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Local Democracy and Decentralization in East and Southern Africa
2002
This publication is set to highlight the broad range of issues that requires consideration with regard to local democracy and decentralization in East and Southern Africa. It aims at providing brief overviews on decentralization processes in the five selected countries in the region. It summarizes the many different aspects of decentralization highlighting key issues that need to be addressed by practitioners.
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Report of Colloquium on Contribution of the Co-operative Sector to Housing Development
2002
Summary of the Colloquium deliberations, which were focused around three main objectives, e.g. to stimulate development of the cooperative approach in the housing sector by: a) Facilitating exchange of information and experience regarding the cooperative approach in the housing sector; b) Understanding the challenges and possibilities that exist within the cooperative approach in different countries; and c) Improving co-ordination and collaboration between stakeholders in the cooperative…
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Implementing the Habitat Agenda - The 1996 - 2001 Experience
2001
The Special Session of the General Assembly for an Overall Review and Appraisal of the implementation of the Habitat Agenda, known as Istanbul+5, held on 6-8 June 2001 in New York introduced in the General Assembly a new forum for debate.
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Youth delinquency and the criminal justice system in Dar es salaam, Tanzania
2000
Violent crime and delinquency threaten the quality of life of urban dwellers in Dar es Salaam. During the 1990’s the annual crime increase in Dar es Salaam was 8,1%. Not only does this divert scarce resources from urban social development, but it also constitutes a serious impediment to the city’s economic development. Globally, crime patterns are changing.Offenders are getting younger and violent crime is becoming more common.
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Sustainable Cities Programme 1990-2000
1999
The Sustainable Cities Programme (SCP) is a world-wide technical cooperation activity of the United Nations.
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Women’s Rights to Land, Housing and Property in Post conflict situations and During Reconstruction , A Global Overview
1999
This report was prepared as an output of Habitat 1998/99 Work Programme, the objectives of which include the formulation of shelter policies focusing on the needs of vulnerable groups and assisting government and partners in civil society in adopting strategies for the progressive realization of the human right to adequate housing
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