Future proofing the Tana Basin
Date: May 22th 2016
Source: International Water Management Institute
Smart planning can ensure a sustainable future for Kenya’s longest river
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Rwanda's regulatory environment in support of green urban development
By: Minnie Karanja
Date: May 5th 2016
Source: The New Times
According to the United Nations, the proportion of the world’s population living in urban areas is expected to reach 66 per cent by 2050. Best Practices have shown that the global “urbanization”, when properly managed, may drive the economic growth of a country. It is in this regard that the Government of Rwanda has decided to include measures related to urbanization as part of its policies and strategies.
India’s luxury investments will ramp up homelessness, UN expert warns
By: Emma Rumney
Date: April 25th 2016
Source: Public Finance International
India’s government seems “reluctant” to solve its affordable urban housing crisis, with luxury real estate and development projects prioritised over the housing needs of poorer people, a United Nations expert has warned.
One year of Nepal quake: Thousands yet to get funds to rebuild
By: Shubham Ghosh
Date: April 25th 2016
Source: One India
Kathmandu, April 25: A year has lapsed since a devastating earthquake left Nepal in the ruins but still several people, particularly the women, are yet to get funds to rebuild their lost property for they do not own land and neither can prove the ownership of the land where they lived, international anti-poverty organisation Oxfam informed last week.
Ethiopia: "Political will and skills development essential for good land governance"
By: Hasabe
Date: April 21st 2016
Source: New Business Ethiopia
The 2030 Agenda (Sustainable Development Goals) cannot be achieved without the introduction of modern land management systems accompanied by good land governance, Ethiopian President said.
It takes more than a law to ensure equal land rights for women
By: Astrid Zweynert
Date: April 15th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
OXFORD, England, April 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Laws giving men and women equal rights to land are not enough to ensure equality if they are not accompanied by efforts to empower and educate women, said the head of an organisation working to put the power of the law into people's hands.
World needs ‘new vision for urbanization,’ says UN chief
Date: April 12th 2016
Source: UN News Centre
12 April 2016 – Welcoming Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said the world needs a new vision for urbanization – a “New Urban Agenda” – to help protect the environment and limit climate change.
"The New Urban Agenda will pay for itself"
By: Joan Clos
Date: March 14th 2016
Source: Citiscope
It’s time to emphasize implementation, the head of the Habitat III conference says.