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16th Session of the CSTD
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Agenda 21 UN Conference on Sustainable
Development, Rio de Janeiro.
1996 2010 2012
The Habitat Agenda UN Conference on Human
Settlements , Istanbul.
The Shanghai Manual Outcome of the World Expo
2010, Shanghai.
Rio +20: The future we want UN Conference on Sustainable
Development , Rio de Janeiro.
“We recognize that, if they are well planned and developed, including through
integrated planning and management approaches, cities can promote economically,
socially and environmentally sustainable societies”.
Rio +20: The future we want
Urban and rural populations by development group, 1950-2050
Source: UN DESA (2012), World Urbanization Prospects: The 2011 Revision. New York.
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Images source: City of Rio de Janeiro.
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Images source: Digital Globe and Globalhort Image Library.
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Fixed (wired)-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, 2001-2013
The developed/developing country classifications are based on the UN M49, see: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/definitions/regions/index.html Note: * Estimate Source: ITU World Telecommunication /ICT Indicators database
Developing
Developed
But, the gap
keeps widening
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Infrastructure
services
End-user
devices
People
Software-
applications
and content
Financial
sector
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These initiatives have already had significant improvements for Rwandans, in
terms of availability and quality of services.
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16th Session of the CSTD