Although rapid growth in population, poverty and unemployment have intensified the need for adequate shelter and increased employment opportunities... Read more...
This report outlines an action program for securing early and concrete improvements in the daily lives of the Palestinian people and for laying the... Read more...
By the end of the century, the cities of Latin America will hold almost two-thirds of the region's total population. Read more...
A majority of the working people in developing countries such as India are poor and self-employed. Read more...
This study explores how both multilateral and bilateral development agencies have acknowledged and tried to overcome the difficulties they face in... Read more...
The objective of this publication is to provide a short, accessible overview of what may be considered 'good practice' in emergency water and... Read more...
Reprint of an issue of the journal "Focus on Gender" which considers some of the dilemmas of emergency relief operations, and looks at the... Read more...
Evaluation report of the Swedish-Botswana Co-operation Programme on District Development Support. Decentralization of the government has been an... Read more...
This study presents a conceptual model and an analytical framework to integrate decentralization and institutional support in assessing community... Read more...
More than ever before has the need to provide approximately 1.2 billion people in developing countries with adequate potable water been so urgent. Read more...
Development strategies in a number of sectors can have adverse consequences for health and the environment. Read more...
The Nigerian Environmental Study/Action Team (NEST) has prepared this book on the present state of the environment in Nigeria as a basis for further... Read more...