USAID works with the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, and civil society to foster urban productivity, help cities manage the impacts of urban growth, and expand and improve the delivery of urban services. Below are links to learn more about USAID projects with a significant portion of their budget allocated to urban services, urbanization, or work in urban settings.

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USAID Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management and Partnership (SELARAS)

USAID SELARAS advances Indonesia’s development goal of reducing land-based sources of ocean plastics pollution by promoting sustainable and integrated solid waste management and recycling systems in cities. Status: Active Country: Indonesia Key Documents: USAID SELARAS Fact Sheet USAID SELARAS Fact Sheet (Indonesian) Issues: Energy and Environment Gender…
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USAID Ocean Plastics Reduction Activity

The USAID Ocean Plastics Reduction Activity is a five-year initiative (2022–2027) designed to address the growing challenge of plastic pollution in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives. Status: Active Region: Asia Country: Maldives Sri Lanka Key Documents: USAID Ocean Plastics Reduction Activity Fact…
Image of a park with curvy benches and a mix of green tropical trees with lanterns hung among the branches. Skyscrapers are seen in the background through the branches.
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Program for Local and Urban Sustainability (PLUS)

The USAID Program for Local and Urban Sustainability (PLUS) is a $95M field support mechanism that aims to pilot innovative urban activities and approaches to demonstrate effective models that will help USAID and its partners pursue inclusive and sustainable urban development across sectors.
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Asia Resilient Cities

The USAID-funded Asia Resilient Cities (ARC) Project will address cross-cutting urban development challenges in secondary cities in Asia by promoting sustainable urban growth; supporting resilient, low-carbon urban infrastructure; and integrating climate change and environmentally-conscious approaches.
Vice Mayor of Kendari. Sulkarnain (at the center), along with a farmer (in red) and other government representatives, harvest a rice paddy at the Climate Field School laboratory.
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Advancing Capacity for the Environment (ACE)

ACE is a global USAID program that facilitates the Agency’s ambitious work to fight climate change, conserve biodiversity and manage natural resources, improve land governance, and expand access to secure, modern energy and resilient infrastructure.
The city of Nairobi stretches across the foreground to the base of a mountain range that dominates the background. Storm clouds dot the sky. Credit: Ninara (Flickr)
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Clean Air Catalyst

Clean Air Catalyst is a global partnership launched in 2020 by The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to find lasting solutions to air and climate pollution that also contribute to addressing its inequitable effects in the most polluted urban regions around the world.
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Toxic Sites Identification Program (TSIP)

The goal of the TSIP project is to assist governments and communities heavily impacted by toxic pollution in low-and middle-income countries to take locally led action at the community, regional and/or national level to mitigate health exposures by breaking pollution exposure pathways, preventing future toxic emissions, and mainstreaming this information to cultivate broad interest in pollution issues.
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Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) Project

The USAID Strengthening Urban Resilience for Growth with Equity (SURGE) project was a five-year, $47.8 million project, which fostered the development of conditions for broad-based, inclusive and resilient economic growth of cities and surrounding areas outside Metro Manila.
Several mesh bags sit on sandy ground.
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Circulate Capital Partnership

Circulate Capital’s strategy focused on providing financing to companies and projects in the recycling value chain to reduce improperly disposed of municipal solid waste and encourage new investment in this sector.

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