4 New Urban Learning Briefs Available

Urbanization is rapidly increasing, and municipalities are becoming the locus of opportunities and challenges for countries on their journey to self-reliance. By 2050, more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas. The majority of that urban growth over the next thirty years is happening in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. USAID is increasingly working with cities to address some of the most pressing development challenges as their populations face more acute shocks and stressors from violence to climate events and global pandemics.

This series of four Learning Briefs was developed by the Urban team and researchers based on emerging trends in urban spaces and informed by the bi-annual World Urban Forum (WUF) in 2020. The initial audience for Learning Briefs were USAID staff working in and with USAID Missions, and now these have been shared here to inform a broader audience. Each three-page learning brief includes background information, key questions to consider, resources from USAID and the broader development community, and suggestions for steps to take to move the needle forward in your work.

The four Urban Learning Briefs in this series discuss:

• Urban Resilience
• Increasing Safety in Urban Areas
• Municipal Finance and Planning
• Rural to Urban Migration