Rapidly growing urban disparities in the Global South threaten to exclude many people from receiving the benefits of development progress. Particularly in the context of complex urban challenges—including urban congestion, housing affordability, livability, climate change, […]
The Kutaisi City Municipality, together with the Management and Development Solutions Hub (MDSH), is proud to announce the upcoming Kutaisi International Forum (KIF) for its fourth edition. This highly anticipated event is being co-organized by […]
Due to the federal structure of the United States, state and local governments in the U.S. are the implementation agents for a vast swath of federal policies. One area where state and local governments play […]
The Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems (ASICS) is a comprehensive diagnostic of the state of India’s city-systems – the complex, mostly-invisible factors (such as laws, policies, institutions, institutional processes) that underpin urban governance and strongly […]
By 2050, the global population living in cities is projected to reach 5 billion, growing from 3.5 billion in 2015. Massive investment in infrastructure will be needed to accommodate this growth, and to adapt infrastructure […]
Urbanization, climate change, and global challenges are putting African cities and local governments under increasing pressure to provide better urban infrastructure and services. However, most African cities and local governments remain under-resourced and unable to […]
What is the impact of increasing population movements from the countryside to cities and towns on the provision of local public services? How can urban and rural local governments cope? How do they finance these […]
India’s economy is among the fastest growing major economies in the world. It is the world’s fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). Over 400 million citizens already […]
The ability of cities and municipalities to effectively deliver infrastructure and services and productively manage built environments and local economies depends on their institutional capabilities, quality of local governance, and financial resources at their disposal. […]
Published every three years, United Cities and Local Government’s Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization (GOLD) reports are an important part of UCLG’s quest to become an international reference point for information about local […]
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