Learning Briefs

Strategies for Increasing Safety in Urban Areas: 2020 Urban Learning Brief for USAID Staff

Globally, cities are grappling with public security challenges such as street violence, gang violence, and political violence that undermine citizens’ well-being. Read More

Municipal Finance and Planning: 2020 Urban Learning Brief for Mission Staff

The world is increasingly turning to cities for solutions to pressing development challenges, like poverty, unemployment, access to basic services, and even climate change. Read More

Urban Resilience: 2020 Urban Learning Brief for Mission Staff

As cities around the world face more acute climate events, global pandemics, humanitarian crises and other shocks, there is rapidly growing attention on the need for urban resilience. Read More

Rural to Urban Migration: 2020 Urban Learning Brief for Mission Staff

By 2050, more than two-thirds of the world’s population will live in urban areas and most of the urban growth will occur in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Read More