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Prepared under the UN General Assembly's mandate to analyze worldwide and regional developments, trends, and prospects in the field of human settlements, this comprehensive volume explores key policy issues in such areas as national development; settlements management, institutions, andfinancing; land; infrastructure; construction technology; and shelter. Illustrating the necessary transition from normative and regulatory practices to enabling strategies, the study addresses human settlements as both the objectives and instruments of development. A statistical annex is providedwith 18 tables of human settlements data at the country level.