C. Slum Upgrading Facility

Tangible steps taken in this direction are the slum upgrading initiatives in Eastern Africa, including the Kenya slum upgrading programme.

Upgrading traditional economic sectors though enhanced productivity

(e) Upgrading of outdated systems and technology.

g) Others, for example construction or upgrading of warehouses.

If not, one or the other needs upgrading, isn't it?

For developing countries to benefit fully from industrial upgrading in China and other large emerging market economies, their governments must identify tradable industries that are consistent with their latent comparative advantage. They also must help private firms to resolve information, coordination, and externality issues in the process of industrial upgrading.

They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cases, the government helps.

Slum upgrading provides a unique opportunity for attaining the Millennium Development Goals.

Poverty reduction policies needed to focus on job creation and upgrading skills.

a) Expansion, upgrading and major rehabilitation of primary education and health infrastructure

Upgrading Women's Studies Centres at five major universities to full fledged departments.

One option, currently being piloted at the global level, which aims to mobilize and blend funds from public and private sources is UN Habitat's Slum Upgrading Facility.

Urban development promoting jobs, upgrading slums and developing alternatives to new slum formation

OSCE works to implement its Maastricht decision on upgrading travel documents security through promoting ICAO security standards for the handling and issuance of passports, upgrading to machine readable travel documents and introducing into them biometric identifiers.

Emphasis has been placed on national polices for urban development, shelter and slum upgrading.

The implementation of occupational retraining measures and upgrading the skills of the affected population

The third requires a far reaching overhaul and upgrading of our human rights machinery.

Key projects include upgrading and sealing the Hill of Difficulty , which leads from the island landing at Bounty Bay to Adamstown, and repair work to the jetty and slipway from which the island's longboats are launched.

Pursuant to the goals it has established, the Government is upgrading city neighbourhoods and settlements.

The third requires a far reaching overhaul and upgrading of our existing human rights machinery.

During the period under review, significant progress was made in establishing a slum upgrading facility.

Regional bureaux should strengthen their gender expertise by recruiting regional experts and upgrading staff skills.

Current projects targeted the upgrading to the latest version of the programme by implementing ASYCUDA .

Through Cities Alliance, one of UN Habitat's main partners in slum upgrading work is the World Bank.

Pro poor policies could be a means to engage the poor in city development and slum upgrading.

Topics such as trade capacity building, innovation, technology upgrading, investment promotion and SME development would be covered.

According to press reports, Cable and Wireless is upgrading its network with the most technologically advanced systems.

(a) Strengthening national regulatory and justice system infrastructure (upgrading essential legislation, specialized training and improved judicial cooperation)

Against the general backdrop of consumption upgrading and widespread popularity of free and easy travel, self drive tourism has received support from national policies, and is welcomed by an increasing number of consumers.

Its Local Industry Upgrading Program (LIUP) continues to support local suppliers to upgrade through collaborations with foreign firms.

The inspection, maintenance and upgrading of all security and safety equipment will continue to be given high priority.

Abstract Against the general backdrop of consumption upgrading and widespread popularity of free and easy travel, self drive tourism has received support from national policies, and is welcomed by an increasing number of consumers.

Such upgrading enhances sector and firm competitiveness, and translates into greater world market shares in tradeable goods and services.

The Cities Alliance provides small grants that support the formulation of city development strategies and citywide slum upgrading initiatives.

It also handles the Department's information technology needs, including the maintenance and upgrading of computer equipment and user applications.

Upgrading the database should still be regarded as a significant project management task with appropriate governance arrangements in place.

OIOS noted the following outcomes of campaign activities (a) adoption of legal instruments and policies granting land (b) strengthening of security of tenure and regularization of informal settlements (c) integration of slum upgrading into city management and (d) actual slum upgrading through access to land and financing mechanisms.

This is being addressed by the Slum Upgrading Facility, a new initiative of UN Habitat aimed at assisting developing countries in mobilizing domestic capital for their slum and urban upgrading activities by facilitating links among local actors and by packaging the financial, technical and political elements of development projects.

Industry insiders believe that against the general backdrop of consumption upgrading, more Hema type stores will be opened in 2018.

In ensuring improved conformity with market requirements, focus is given to upgrading standards, metrology, testing and quality infrastructure and services.

Innovation and R D are essential for upgrading technologies, moving up the development ladder, and catching up with developed countries.

Coping with the changing workplace and the need for the constant upgrading of skills is a difficult but essential task.

In the immediate future, the Department would be focusing on upgrading all aspects of physical security at Secretariat facilities worldwide.

The staffing changes reflected in the complete budget proposal included the establishment of an additional P 4 post of Gender Adviser and the upgrading of the post of Chief of Staff from P 5 to D 1.