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A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
Insight, 07 January 2013
Aerial view of a slum.
Can we reduce urban poverty and inequality and achieve net zero cities?
… presents an opportunity to respond to urban financing, planning and governance challenges that have undermined efforts to promote more … programmes need to be supported by adequately resourced and inclusive governance arrangements that address burdens facing low-income urban …
Insight, 03 October 2021
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The urbanization of humanitarian crises
Publication, 01 October 2017
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Local funds for local development
… to radically democratize politics but also came to serve ‘good governance’ and managerial and state modernization. Other papers are on …
Publication, 01 April 2018
People planting vegetables and trees.
Rubbish dump turned lush urban farm
… city.  Several informal settlements along the canal are home to some 2,500 urban poor families. Twenty years ago, facing … were growing on this once smelly dump and being harvested and carried home to families in great need. A friend from a local university …
Insight, 03 December 2020
A man on the phone outside a small orange hut. A nearby sign advertises prices for mobile phone air-time.
How the digital divide threatens the success and legitimacy of the COP26 talks
… negotiator, Guinea Climate negotiators without the internet at home have reported that they can only join online meetings from other … at night or run late, they are forced to leave the meeting to travel home safely before dusk. And these problems assume the internet is even …
Insight, 08 October 2021
Hundreds of densely packed houses climb into the mountains
Dealing with COVID-19 in the towns and cities of the global South
… to help. Another is Abahlali baseMjondolo in Durban, South Africa. Governance and the social contract are key At the heart of a humane … and that means we need to identify, support and share experiments in governance that are effective. The experiences of networks like SDI is …
Insight, 27 March 2020
Men and women sitting around a table, writing on poster-like papers
Inclusive and integrated energy planning in Kitui County, Kenya
Project, 21 September 2020
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Multistakeholder collaboration for urban climate change resilience in Bangladesh
Publication, 01 November 2015
Group of people wearing green T-shirts pose for a picture.
Prakriti Resources Centre: climate change policy and action in Nepal
Article, 30 March 2022