Financing Africa's Cities: The Imperative of Local Investment (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821394557)

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.

Author: Thierry Paulais
ISBN-10: 082139455X
ISBN-13: 9780821394557
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 07/05/2012
Pages: 374
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d