The Little Green Data Book 2005 is based on the World Development Indicators 2005, and represents an abbreviated collection of information. Its production is a collaboration between the Development Economics Data Development Group, and the Environment Department of the World Bank.

Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank, argued that the Doha Round presents an opportunity to rewrite the rules of an unfair trading system that holds back the potential of the poorest people.

According to recent UN estimates, 924 million people - nearly one out of three urban dwellers – were living in slums in 2004. Of these, 874 million are from low and middle-income countries (Millennium Project, 2005).

This case study, based on interviews in Rwanda and an extensive review of secondary material, builds on previous analysis, and examines proposed land reforms as articulated in the National Land Policy.

Le retour des réfugiés de 1959, la politique de regroupement de l'habitat adoptée en 1996, la disette qui frappe le pays depuis 1999, la faible pluviosité qui prévaut dans le pays depuis deux ans après le phénomène el nino, conduisent à une prise de conscience nouvelle de ce qu'il faut appeler la