Business Owners Enjoy Faster Business Registration as Cities Become More Competitive
“It used to take us three to five days to get a business permit and there were no clear systems or steps,” shared Arsenia Seydandiego, who […]
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 […]
Tags: Public Service Delivery
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 […]
Tags: Governance
Urbanization: Meeting the Challenges and Opportunities of an Urban Future
Too often, urban growth is accompanied by increasing urban poverty. But it does not have to be this way. Cities can and should be places that […]
Tags: Cross-Cutting
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. […]
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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 […]
Tags: Cross-Cutting
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 […]
Tags: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program, Global, Health
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. This USAID-funded study […]
Tags: Health, South Africa
Lessons Learned in Pilot Sustainability: Vietnam Climate Impacts Decision Support Tool
The Climate Impacts Decision Support Tool (CIMPACT-DST or tool) is an easy-to-use Excel-based decision support tool for urban planners and project developers. Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc. […]
Tags: Climate, Climate Change Resilient-Development (CCRD), Vietnam
Power Africa: THE ROADMAP A Guide to Reaching 30,000 Megawatts and 60 Million Connections
This Roadmap shows how the collective efforts of Power Africa’s more than 120 public and private sector partners fit together to achieve our ambitious goal of […]
Tags: Energy, Power Africa, Service Delivery, Sub-Saharan Africa
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