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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953294003321

Autore

Paulais Thierry

Titolo

Financing Africa's cities : : the imperative of local investment / / by Thierry Paulais ; translated by Suzan Nolan and Leila Whittemore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2012

ISBN

9786613808790

9781282165724

1282165720

9780821389485

0821389483

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

pages cm

Collana

Africa development forum Financing Africa's cities

Altri autori (Persone)

WhittemoreLeila

NolanSuzan

Disciplina

336.0146

Soggetti

Finance, Public - Africa

Municipal finance - Africa

Decentralization in government - Economic aspects - Africa

Urban policy - Africa

Africa Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book was originally published in France as Financer les villes d'Afrique : L'enjeu de l'investissement local"--Copyright page.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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