The United Nations has always recognized the importance of addressing the principles, ideas and potentials of youth in order to achieve society’s goals. Noting the importance of youth to development, the United Nations have decided to analyze the work that the organizations have been undertaking and to map out future directions for youth research. This report contains, on one hand, surveys of existing UN research activities and it identifies, on the other hand, basic elements of a future UN research strategy.
 

This brochure explains the means that could allow the establishment of sustainable cities such as integrating water resources protection in urban planning, improving operational efficiency of water utilities and monitoring water supply and sanitation in the Arab region. In addition, it sheds the light on the challenges that the Arab cities are facing such as: water quality deterioration due to improper wastewater management and poor urban planning and natural disasters.

This paper broadens the dimensions of the HDI by proposing a framework to include governance achievements, and produces a Governance Adjusted Human Development Index (GHDI) to better measure human development across countries.