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    Basic amenities in urban India: analysis at state and town level

    2007
    This study examines India’s progress in the provision of basic amenities to urban areas at the state level during the period 1991-2001, and attempts to explain difference in the performance across the states. It also examines the relationship between achievements in health and education, and the availability of urban basic amenities.The main findings include:
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    The Advocacy Sourcebook

    Wateraid, 2007
    Over 1.1 billion people around the world do not have access to safe water and over 2.6 billion do not have access to safe sanitation. This sourcebook provides guidance for users in drawing up advocacy action plans that aim to improve the water supply and sanitation situation of the poorest people in the countries where they work.
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    Reforming Pakistan's police

    International Crisis Group, 2008
    Based on extensive interviews with current and retired police officers, this report analyses the existing system of policing in Pakistan. It seeks to identifiy flaws and proposes tangible ways of reform under the new civilian dispensation.
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    Norms and standards of municipal basic services in India

    National Institute of Urban Affairs, 2007
    Indian cities present a grim picture with regard to availability of basic services. The problems are not only of the shortage of services but also inequitable distribution of the services among the different sections of society.
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    The Constitution (74th) Amendment Act and urban local governments: an overview

    National Institute of Urban Affairs, 2007
    India’s Constitutional 74th Amendment Act 1992 granted constitutional status to the urban local bodies besides broadening the range of their powers and functions. This paper makes an attempt to review the implementation status of the selected provisions of this legislation. The study finds that
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    Socio-spatial transformation in Africa: a framework to map the process and guide the planning of future cities

    Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa, 2006
    This paper explores the relevance of a theoretical framework for spatial transformation to analyse and understand African cities and their transition at the turn of the century. The paper introduces the concepts of space and place and then explores the process of making and changing space from a generic perspective.
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    Urban environments, wealth and health: shifting burdens and possible responses in low and middle-income nations

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    This paper examines urban health in low- and middle-income countries, in relation to two sets of environmental issues:
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    The incentive role of creating "cities" in China

    Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector, University of Maryland, Department of Economics, 2008
    In transition and developing countries, a major concern of the central government is to give local governments incentives to spur market development and economic growth. This paper examines a distinctive mechanism of providing incentives to local governments upgrading counties to ‘cities’.
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    Women, slums and urbanisation: examining the causes and consequences

    Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2008
    Countries throughout the world are rapidly urbanising, particularly in the developing world, and for the first time in human history, the majority of people today are no longer living in rural areas, but rather in cities. This report examines the worldwide phenomenon of urbanisation from the point of view of women’s housing rights.
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    Tackling a global crisis: International Year of Sanitation 2008

    UN-Water, 2008
    The UN General assembly declared 2008 as the International Year of Sanitation (IYS). The IYS provides the global community with an opportunity to raise awareness and accelerate actions for the achievement of the sanitation Millennium Development Goals through a variety of actions and interventions. This document presents an overview of the key issues and messages of the IYS.

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