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Econ + Urban: Professor Ed Glaeser Speaks on Economic Governance for Urban Landscapes

USAID Chief Economist Dr. Louise Fox hosted Professor Ed Glaeser of Harvard University for a presentation and discussion on October 30, 2017. Read More

USAID Democracy & Governance: Democratic Decentralization Programming Handbook

The Democratic Decentralization Programming Handbook conceptualizes decentralization as a reform that advances the exercise of political freedom and individual economic choice in a context of stability and the rule of law. Read More

Urban Development Timeline

Rapid urbanization is one of the most important demographic trends of this century. USAID’s success in achieving our core development objectives—eliminating extreme poverty, reducing hunger, improving health, addressing climate change, and fostering democratic, resilient societies— will greatly depend on how we respond to urbanization. Urbanization creates challenges, but it also offers unparalleled opportunities prosperity. Read More

Urban Child Poverty, Health, and Survival in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This USAID-funded report examines levels and trends in poverty, health status, and use of health services among children under age 5 living in large cities in low- and middle-income countries, and compares their health status and use of services to those of their other urban, rural, and non-poor counterparts. Read More

Financing Sustainable Urban Development: USAID’s Role in Bridging the Gap

To meet our goals, much of the needed investments in electricity, schools, transportation, telecommunications, housing, water, and sanitation infrastructure will have to take place in cities. Most countries are not investing enough to meet these needs. Read More

Making Cities Work Assessment and Implementation Toolkit: Municipal Finance

Municipal finance has an impact on development in several different ways, so it is natural that USAID missions may want to provide assistance to improve the way that municipal finance functions. Read More

Emergencies in Urban Settings: A Technical Review of Food-Based Program Options

The objective of this paper is to provide technical information and lessons learned to support the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and its partners to effectively design and implement emergency food assistance programs in urban and peri-urban settings. Read More

Urban Resilience in Situations of Chronic Violence: Final Report

While the sources and forms of social and political violence have been extensively examined, the ways ordinary people along with their neighbors and officials cope with chronic urban violence have earned far less attention. This eight-case study of cities suffering from a history of violence explores this latter phenomenon, which… Read More

USAID Health Care Improvement Project

This project supported the Ministry of Health to expand best practices in tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis, case management, and Directly Observed Treatment Short course in urban health networks. The project worked to increase the detection of new TB cases, improve the quality and coverage of TB control activities, and improve laboratory support to the TB program. Read More

Land Tenure in Urban Environments

The pace of urbanization and the number of people living in urban settings has increased exponentially over the course of the past century, with more than half of the world’s population now living in urban areas. Read More