This publication presents the situation of the municipality of Tanguá in relation with the Millenium Development Goals within the work of monitoring city indicators related to the MDGs between 2000 and 2006.

Este boletim apresenta o panorama do município de cachoeiras de macacu no ano de 2007, representando a primeira medição dos indicadores do milênio a partir da linha base (2000 – 2006), refletindo os impactos nos objetivos de desenvolvimento do milênio observados no primeiro ano após o anúncio oficial da implantação do empreendimento COMPERJ na região.

This publication presents the situation of Maricá in relation with the Millenium Development Goals within the work of monitoring city indicators related to the Millenium Development Goals in 2007.

This publication presents the situation of Rio Bonito in relation with the Millennium Development Goals in 2007.

This publication presents the situation of  Tanguá in relation with the Millennium Development Goals within the work of monitoring city indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals in 2007.

This publication presents the situation of Casimiro de Abreu in relation with the Millenium Development Goals within the work of monitoring city indicators related to the Millenium Development Goals in 2007.

This publication presents the situation of São Gonçalo in relation with the Millenium Development Goals within the work of monitoring city indicators related to the Millenium Development Goals in 2007.

This publication presents the situation of Silva Jardim in relation with the Millenium Development Goals within the work of monitoring city indicators related to the Millenium Development Goals in 2007.

This publication presents the situation of the eleven municipalities of the Eastern Consortium Fluminense (Conleste) in relation with the MDGs.

These municipalities are in the area where the Petrochemical of Rio de Janeiro will be constructed. UN-HABITAT works with the eleven local governments monitoring the situation of the municipalities in relation with the MDGs.

The Guide represents a milestone in the efforts of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme to monitor the Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN members states in the year 2000. UN-HABITAT has been assigned the responsibility to assist governments in monitoring and eventually attaining the global “Cities without Slums” Target of improving the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers. This guide offers not only the definition related to urban poverty and slums but also a hierarchy of indicators at the operational level and specific ways to measure them.