Technical Note/Tool

Water Security Improvement Toolkit #1 – Improving Water Security

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Real Property Asset Management: Manual for Local Governments in the Philippines

Asset Management Reform (AMR) aims to build the managerial/administrative capacity of local governments and to provide policy advice on local government reform. The Urban Institute, a nonprofit policy and research organization based in Washington, D.C., implemented a previous initiative in this area under the Local Government Reform Project. This was… Read More

Real Property Asset Management Manual

The Manual aims to assist the local government units, particularly Cities in the Philippines to appreciate and understand the principles and processes related to asset management model focusing on real property (land, property and fixed assets). Read More

Green Infrastructure Resource Guide

This resource guide is aimed at providing practitioners involved in the planning and development of sustainable infrastructure projects with a better understanding of green infrastructure (GI) and identifying GI interventions that can be integrated into USAID projects. Read More

Urban Resilience Planning for Secondary African Cities: A Case Study of Mozambique

Much of Africa’s rapid urban growth is happening in towns and secondary cities that drive social and economic transformation. Read More

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

A Guide for Adaptation to Climate Change in La Ceiba, Honduras

The CityLinks program, implemented by the International City/County Management Association, partnered La Ceiba in Honduras, and Somerville, Massachusetts which face similar challenges in flooding and storm water management. 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

The High Cost of HIV-Positive Inpatient Care at an Urban Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

While most HIV care is provided on an outpatient basis, hospitals continue to treat serious HIV-related admissions, which is relatively resource-intensive and expensive. 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