One of the major activities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project is the Conference on Sustainable Land Governance that was held on February 8-9, 2017 at the Diamond Hotel Manila, Philippines. Through the Cities Development Initiative (CDI), USAID… Read More
This document is a companion to the USAID Urban Resilience Technical Guidance. It aims to support USAID staff and implementing partners to integrate activities that strengthen urban resilience into health programming Read More
The Climate Change Resilient Development (CCRD) project was a four-year project (2011-2015) implemented under the leadership of the Global Climate Change Office in the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Bureau for Economic Growth, Education, and Environment (E3). Read More
USAID has developed a new Climate Strategy that will guide its work through 2030. This new Strategy takes a “whole-of-Agency” approach that calls on all corners of USAID to play a part in the response. USAID will work on the ground with partner governments and local actors to set the global trajectory toward a vision of a resilient, prosperous, and equitable world with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Read More
Rapid urbanization creates a range of opportunities and barriers for women to achieve economic growth and prosperity. This brief examines the unique challenges that each pillar of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity initiative (W-GDP) must address for women in cities and what policies USAID and governments might pursue to improve women’s access to cities’ economic opportunities. Read More
Women have vital roles in the waste value chain—from informal waste collectors, street sweepers, local junkshop managers, to community recycling leaders and policy makers—with great potential to increase the amount of plastic waste collected and recycled and to help reduce the amount of plastic reaching the ocean. Read More