UID:
edoccha_9958121958402883
Umfang:
pages cm.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-16572-0
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9786613808790
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0-8213-8948-3
Serie:
Africa development forum Financing Africa's cities
Inhalt:
This volume addresses the issues of financing urban growth of the African continent -- which has the highest urban growth rate on the planet -- in the next decades. Considerable investment will be needed to sustain this level of growth and to clear up accumulated backlogs. At the same time, decentralization has resulted in increased responsibilities for local government; but in most cases, institutional reforms were carried out without the transfer of a sufficient level of resources, and local capacities in governance and project management are weak.Which mechanisms will finance these extensiv
Anmerkung:
"This book was originally published in France as Financer les villes d'Afrique : L'enjeu de l'investissement local"--Copyright page.
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Financing local investment: a review of fundamentals -- Urbanization and sectoral policies in context -- Decentralization, basic services and local governance -- Investment financing frameworks and new funding mechanisms -- Outlook for 2030-2050: which road map(s)? -- Case studies: 8 countries paired with their financing tools -- Results: an attempt to characterize countries and their tools.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-9455-X
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1596/978-0-8213-9455-7
