Making Slums History: A Global Challenge for 2020 International Conference, Rabat: Morocco, 26 – 29 November 2012

Making Slums History A Global Challenge for 2020According to UN‐Habitat estimates, between the year 2000 and 2010 a total of 227 million people in developing countries have experienced significant improvements in living conditions. In other words, governments have managed to beat by a multiple of 2.2 MDG Target 7‐D, namely to "Significantly improve living conditions for a least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020."

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RUSPS Evaluation 2006

RUSPS Evaluation 2006Various stakeholders of the Rapid Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability (RUSPS) programme completed a total of 39 questionnaires providing the RUSPS Team at headquarters access to solid data and insights. In general, the evaluation shows that RUSPS achieved very positive results in 16 different countries that completed RUSPS Phase 1, the Urban Sector Profiling for Sustainability.

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First PNG National Urban Forum - Statement of Outcomes and Recommendations

First PNG National Urban Forum - Statement of Outcomes and RecommendationsThe first PNG National Urban Forum was held on 22-23 October 2012, at the PNG Institute of Public Administration, Waigani, NCD, and was attended by over 800 delegates from PNG and overseas. The Forum was organised by the Office of Urbanization and hosted by the Minister for Housing and Urban Development.

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