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Prioritizing Health in Our Cities

Our USAID-funded Building Healthy Cities project (BHC) has partnered with Anant National University for a series of webinars on topics integral to healthy urban planning. Read More

Sustainable water services amid disasters in Philippines

Legazpi City in Albay province, Philippines, is a popular tourist destination with its proximity to the Philippines’ most famous active volcano, the perfect cone of Mount Mayon. Read More

COVID-19 and Emergency Operations in Libya

Few countries in the world are as vulnerable to the devastating health, economic and political effects of the COVID-19 pandemic as Libya.  With its territory divided between two governments, its national institutions in disarray, its currency rapidly devaluing, and with armed conflict persisting nearly a decade-on from revolution, Libya has… Read More

Sanitation Campaigns for Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Iraq

Two organizations that are part of Ninewa’s SAG, Youth of Tal Afar and Zummar Youth Council, conducted sanitation campaigns in their respective localities to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Youth of Tal Afar helped sanitize public and governmental spaces and conducted outreach campaigns to minority groups in the Ninewa… Read More

A Story of Wheny Susianti: the Handwashing Warrior from Mojo Urban Village, Indonesia

Wheny learned the importance of handwashing with soap when participating in the clean and healthy behavior education activities run by the puskesmas with assistance from USAID IUWASH PLUS. Read More

New Bidding Procedure in Iraq Speeds Up Development Undertakings

A REVISED BIDDING PROCESS AND SIMPLIFIED BIDDING DOCUMENTS FAST-TRACK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN IRAQ Government bidding is inherently a complex undertaking. In Iraq, this complexity was more pronounced because of the ambiguous and unwieldy bidding process. No matter the size of the procurement, be they multi-million-dollar construction projects or… Read More

Cities undertake COVID-19 response and recovery planning with the help of USAID

USAID initiated city-specific response and recovery planning in April 2020 to help its eight Cities Development Initiative (CDI) partner cities in the Philippines address the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

USAID showcases best practices of urban cities during COVID-19 pandemic

Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus early this year, urban centers have suffered the most from the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cities are at the frontlines of this massive crisis. Read More

Making Public Transportation Work for Urban Women: Challenges and Priorities

By James Ladi Williams, Research Analyst, Ammar Malik, Non-resident Fellow, Sara McTarnaghan, Research Associate at the Urban Institute, a partner in USAID’s Communications, Evidence and Learning (CEL) project. Besides facing domestic and workplace violence, women living in urban areas around the world experience gender-based violence (GBV) in public transportation systems. Read More

Understanding and Addressing Harmful Traditional Practices in Urban Settings

By Matt Eldridge, Policy Program manager, Reehana Raza, Senior Research Associate at the Urban Institute, a partner in USAID’s Communications, Evidence and Learning (CEL) project. For millions of women and girls around the globe, particularly those in developing countries, a handful of harmful traditional practices (HTPs), sustained by tradition, have… Read More