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Localizing Agenda 21 Programme
The programme started in 1995 as a response to Chapter 28 of Agenda 21, which calls on local authorities to undertake participatory processes to develop and implement "Local Agendas 21" for and with their communities.

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Governments: Governments of Belgium and the Netherlands
Institutions: The Post-graduate Centre for Human Settlements of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, InWent International Organizations: UNDP, UNEP GEO City programme, ILO, UN-HABITAT

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Cost: US$3,200,000

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Brazil NEWS

UN-Habitat and Brazil to extend technical assistance to Latin American countries
Nairobi - 20/06/2012

UN-Habitat and the Government of Brazil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide technical assistance to countries in Latin America.

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STATISTICAL OVERVIEW

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Urbanisation



	Total Population: 173m
	Urban population: 82%
	Slum to urban population: 37%
	Annual population growth rates:
	Urban: 2%
	Slum: 0%
(2001 estimates)

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Slum Indicators



% urban population with access to:
	Safe Water Source: 95%
	Improved sanitation: 76%
	Sufficient Living area: 90%
	Durable Housing: 97%
(2001 estimates)