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Urbanization and Socio-Economic Development in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities book cover

1st Edition

Urbanization and Socio-Economic Development in Africa Challenges and Opportunities

Edited By Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Abebe Shimeles, Nadège Désirée Yaméogo Copyright 2014
208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The main goal of this book is to put urbanization and its challenges squarely on Africa’s development agenda. Planned urbanization can improve living conditions for the majority, help in the expansion of the middle class, and create conditions for economic transformation. However, many African cities have developed haphazardly, resulting in the decline of public services, in slum proliferation,... Read more

Foreword  Ncube Mthuli.  Acknowledgments.  1. Overview of Urban Development in Africa  Albert Mafusire and Nadège Désirée Yameogo  2. Cities as Drivers of Development  Ivan Turok  3. Institutions, Decentralisation and Urban Development  Edgar Pieterse and Warren Smit  4. Financing Urban Development in Africa  Beacon Mbiba  5. Upgrading Informal Settlements in African Cities  Solomon Mulugeta  6. The Way Forward  Nadège Désirée Yaméogo, Abebe Shimeles and Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa

Biography

Steve Kayizzi-Mugerwa is Director in the Development and Research Department at African Development Bank.

Abebe Shimeles is Division Manager in the Development and Research Department at African Development Bank.

Nadège Désirée Yameogo is Senior Research Economist in the Development and Research Department at African Development Bank.

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