LEADER 03497oam 22007815 450 001 9910953294003321 005 20240516210438.0 010 $a9786613808790 010 $a9781282165724 010 $a1282165720 010 $a9780821389485 010 $a0821389483 024 7 $a10.1596/978-0-8213-9455-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000230672 035 $a(EBL)981595 035 $a(OCoLC)802295952 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000695500 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12289586 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695500 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10677492 035 $a(PQKB)10018904 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC981595 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL981595 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10583941 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL380879 035 $a(The World Bank)17211917 035 $a(US-djbf)17211917 035 $a(Perlego)1483708 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000230672 100 $a20120315d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFinancing Africa's cities : $ethe imperative of local investment /$fby Thierry Paulais ; translated by Suzan Nolan and Leila Whittemore 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cWorld Bank,$d2012. 215 $apages cm 225 0 $aAfrica development forum Financing Africa's cities 300 $a"This book was originally published in France as Financer les villes d'Afrique : L'enjeu de l'investissement local"--Copyright page. 311 08$a9780821394557 311 08$a082139455X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFinancing 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. 330 $aThis volume addresses the issues of financing urban growth of the African continent -- which has the highest urban growth rate on the planet -- in the next decades. Considerable investment will be needed to sustain this level of growth and to clear up accumulated backlogs. At the same time, decentralization has resulted in increased responsibilities for local government; but in most cases, institutional reforms were carried out without the transfer of a sufficient level of resources, and local capacities in governance and project management are weak.Which mechanisms will finance these extensiv 410 0$aWorld Bank e-Library. 606 $aFinance, Public$zAfrica 606 $aMunicipal finance$zAfrica 606 $aDecentralization in government$xEconomic aspects$zAfrica 606 $aUrban policy$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xEconomic conditions 615 0$aFinance, Public 615 0$aMunicipal finance 615 0$aDecentralization in government$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aUrban policy 676 $a336.0146 700 $aPaulais$b Thierry$01809439 701 $aWhittemore$b Leila$01809440 701 $aNolan$b Suzan$01809441 712 02$aAgence franc?aise de de?veloppement. 801 0$bIEN/DLC 801 1$bIEN 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953294003321 996 $aFinancing Africa's cities$94360229 997 $aUNINA