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This Resource Guide seeks to assist water professionals, politicians, gender specialists and others in their efforts to provide improved access to water for poor women, children and men all over the world.

The initial Resource Guide was launched during

This publication profiles 12 examples of local government achievements towards sustainability and the specific partnerships with a variety of actors that have contributed to that success. No matter where they are located, partners are inevitably

Appendix to chapter 7 - slums and forced evictions: the broader African context, by the UN special envoy on human settlements issues in Zimbabwe Mrs Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka

Africa has the dubious distinction of being the fastest urbanising continent in

This report provides a short overview on progress toward implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action, highlighting:

1. Projects by HFA priority for action
2. Disaster profile
3. Institutions dealing with Disaster Risk Reduction

Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.

This report is a compilation of case studies and grapples with the crucial question of merging disaster management education into the broader agenda of education for sustainable development.

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