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WASHINGTON, April 17, 2013 – Urbanization helps pull people out of poverty and advances progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), but, if not managed well, can also lead to burgeoning growth of slums, pollution, and crime, says the Global Monitoring Report (GMR) 2013, released today by the World Bank and International...

Nairobi, 17 April 2013: Youth are society’s most important and dynamic human resource. There are more people under the age of 25 today than ever, totaling nearly three billion - or half of humankind − of which 1.3 billion are between ages 12 and 24. Most live in urban areas. Yet, nearly 45 per cent of young people around the world...

  Yangon, Myanmar, 1st April 2013:Earthquake risk reduction action planning for Mandalay City Organized   Mandalay City Development Committee (MCDC) and the Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD) of Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement (MSWRR) with the support from United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)...

Asia-Pacific countries launched a five-year campaign here today aimed at promoting greater use of space technology and the Geographic Information System (GIS) for improved disaster risk reduction and management as well as to minimize the environmental costs of economic growth in the region.

The regional training on the PSUP Phase II implementation methodology (Anglophone) took place from 2-9 February in Mauritius. Uganda, Namibia, Nigeria, Mauritius and The Gambia participated in the workshop, co-organized by the Housing and Slum Upgrading Branch and the Regional Office for Africa and hosted by the Government of Mauritius.

Nairobi, January 2013: The UN-HABITAT Urban Youth Fund will for the fifth year in a row provide grants to projects led by young people aged 15-32 years who are piloting innovative approaches to employment, good urban governance, shelter and secure tenure. Small development initiatives are eligible for grants up to $25,000. These grant aims at...