Global Urban Development Publications

Global Urban Development Brochure  

National Geographic "Megacities" Article  

National Governors Association Report: "State Policy Approaches to Promote Metropolitan Economic Strategy"

Productive Cities and Metropolitan Economic Strategy

Report to the South African Cities Network on Metropolitan Economic Strategy

Metropolitan Governance and Strategic Planning in the U.S.

Eliminating Poverty Through Market-Based Social Entrepreneurship

Teamwork: Why Metropolitan Economic Strategy is the Key to Generating Sustainable Prosperity and Quality of Life for the World

The World's Urban Systems: A European Perspective

Recent Housing Resettlement and Reconstruction in Southeastern Europe

Local and Global: The Role of Local Government in a Sustainable World

The Transformation of Bogota, Colombia, 1995-2000: Investing in Citizenship and Urban Mobility

Where the Sidewalks End: How the Poor Combat Poverty Daily

The Urban Informal Sector in Nigeria: Towards Economic Development, Environmental Health, and Social Harmony

Global Grassroots Strategies for Women's Community Leadership

Cities and Insurrections

Strengthening Urban Heritage in Singapore: Building Economic Competitiveness and Civic Identity

Globalization, Urban Heritage, and the 21st Century Economy

Economic Development in a Flat World: Global Trade, Technology, Investment, Incomes, Employment, Education, and Entrepreneurship in the 21ST Century

Growing out of Poverty: Urban Job Creation and the Millennium Development Goals

Leveraging Private Financing and Investment for Economic and Community Development

Expanding Local Government Resources for Capital Projects through Municipal Borrowing and other Market-Based Financing

The Seattle Region’s Study Mission to Dublin: Learning from Ireland’s Success in Competing for Employment and Income Growth in the Global Economy

Producing Environmentally Sustainable Olympic Games and ‘Greening’ Major Public Events

Urban Transportation and the Millennium Development Goals

Financing Urban Housing: United Nations Global Report on Human Settlements

Encouraging Sustainable Urban Development in the United Arab Emirates

Post-Tsunami Reconstruction in Indonesia

Innovative Methods of Financing Public Transportation

Informal Settlements and the Millennium Development Goals: Global Policy Debates on Property Ownership and Security of Tenure

Building on Accomplishment: The Microcredit Summit Campaign’s Future Challenges for Global Poverty Reduction and Economic Empowerment

The Role of Urban Grassroots Organizations and Their National Federations in Reducing Poverty and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

A Home in the City: UN Millennium Project Report on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers

Local Government Actions to Reduce Poverty and Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

The Role of the Public Sector in Promoting Affordable Housing

Taking Action to Empower Women: UN Millennium Project Report on Education and Gender Equality

Gender Equality and Urban Development: Building Better Communities for Everyone

Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking

Building Bridges with the Grassroots: Empowering Low-Income Women Through Information and Communications Media Technology

Toward Universal Primary Education: UN Millennium Project Report on Education and Gender Equality

Innovative Strategies for Urban Heritage Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Renewable Energy

Can the Creative Arts Strengthen Regional Economies?

The World Bank/IPEA International Urban Research Symposium

 

Urban Land, Housing, and Transportation: The Global Challenge

 

Strategizing Slum Improvement in India: A Method to Monitor and Refocus Slum Development Programs

 

Basic Costs of Slum Upgrading in Brazil

 

Market-Driven Eviction Processes in Developing Country Cities: The Cases of Kigali in Rwanda and Phnom Penh in Cambodia

 

Seeking Better Policies or Just Giving Up Responsibility: The Decentralization of Argentina’s National Housing Fund

 

Squatters No More: Singapore Social Housing

 

Land for Housing in African Cities: Are Informal Delivery Systems Institutionally Robust and Pro-Poor?

 

Limits to Large-Scale Reconstruction in Honduras: Land Development for Low-Income Housing in Inadequately Functioning Land Markets

 

Property Rights, Land Markets, and Poverty in Namibia’s ‘Extra-Legal’ Settlements: An Institutional Approach

 

Impacts of Transportation Infrastructure and Services on Urban Poverty and Land Development in Colombo, Sri Lanka

 

Approaches to the Regularization of Informal Settlements: The Case of PRIMED in Medellin, Colombia

 

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