Annual Reports

• 2007 - The Annual Report reviews Cities Alliance activities in support of slum upgrading, preparing city development strategies, and financing urban development. Notable in fiscal year 2007 (1 July to 30 June) was a focus on smaller grants that assist cities in undertaking the preliminary groundwork and research required to prepare proposals for larger slum upgrading and city development strategy projects. The Annual Report also includes a special section featuring summaries of the diverse range of urban development activities of Cities Alliance members.

• 2006 - This year's report focuses on the Urban Environment and a first in the tradition of CA Annual Reports, one which has so far drawn accolades from its members, is the Members' Reports pages, presented in a separate section in the middle of the report.

• 2005 - In the foreword to this year's report, Jeffrey Sachs stresses the pivotal role that cities can play in meeting the MDGs by developing bold, long-term city development strategies which link investments in infrastructure and services with economic growth and poverty reduction. The first chapter discusses the challenges of financing these investments, in particular, on how domestic long-term capital can be mobilised to finance city development strategies, including citywide slum upgrading. The report’s remaining chapters illustrate how Cities Alliance members and partners are designing and implementing Alliance-funded activities worldwide to empower cities in this process. 

• 2004 - This year's report stresses the critical need for policies and strategies to promote the positive impacts of urbanization – 'Instead of debating the contribution of cities to development, more energy needs to be spent on unblocking it'. The report also illustrates how by working directly with cities, Alliance funded activities are helping to engage local authorities in the national policy dialogue, as well as encouraging them to be proactive developers of urban infrastructure by mobilizing domestic capital. 

• 2003 - This year's report includes an analysis of the experience of nine countries that have demonstrated leadership in scaling up slum upgrading nationwide to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Target 11. It reviews strategies and conditions for moving to scale and illustrates how city development strategies (CDS) are helping cities plan for their future growth, better manage existing resources mobilise additional infrastructure investments.

• 2002 - This report highlights Alliance impacts at both the local and the global level. Examples from all regions demonstrate Alliance partners in action during Fiscal Year 2002 (FY02), as well as the achievements and impacts of Alliance activities initiated in FY01.

• 2001 - This is the first annual report of the Cities Alliance, covering the one and a half years since its launch. This period has seen rapid progress in establishing the Alliance’s governance and organisational structure, developing its strategy, launching its activities and putting in place its accountability mechanisms. While it may be premature to measure results in some areas, it is clear that the Alliance has already established a strong foundation on which to achieve its ambitious goals.