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Slum building in Monrovia, Liberia.
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Global Peer Learning Series: Urban Innovation for Just and Sustainable Cities

Sustainable Construction
Infrastructure and Service Delivery
Informal Settlements
Gender Equality
22 Apr 2024
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Publication

Paper: Scaling up Essential Services in African Cities

Infrastructure and Service Delivery
Urban Development
20 Oct 2022
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Media
Media item
Migration
Secondary Cities
Equitable Economic Growth

Kakuma, Kenya: Creating Business Opportunities for Refugees

06 Jul 2022
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Media
Media item
Migration
Informality
Refugees and IDPs

Jigjiga, Ethiopia: Engaging the Diaspora to Boost City Development

06 Jul 2022
Adama City Initiative - Ethiopia
Media
Media item
Migration
Refugees and IDPs
Informal Settlements
Informality

Adama, Ethiopia: Integrating Migrants through Public Services

06 Jul 2022
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Media
Media item
Migration
Informality
Refugees and IDPs

Jinja, Uganda: Improving Urban Migration Management and Migrant Livelihoods

05 Jul 2022
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Media
Media item
Migration
Refugees and IDPs
Municipal Governance and Management

Arua, Uganda: Integrating Urban Refugees into Urban Planning

05 Jul 2022
Water provision, Monrovia, Liberia
Results
News

Scaling up Essential Services in African Cities

Infrastructure and Service Delivery
Urban Development
30 Jun 2022
Arua, Uganda
Cities Alliance News
News

Secondary Cities are Vital for Africa’s Future

Secondary Cities
Urban Development
Infrastructure and Service Delivery
27 Jun 2022
Informality in Cities: Global Review Series
Results
News

Informality in Cities: Global Review Series

Covid-19
Informality
Slum Upgrading and Housing
Urban Development
08 Jun 2022
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Publication

City Enabling Environment Ratings in Africa 2022

Urban Development
Governance and Planning
25 May 2022
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Publication

Dynamics of Systems of Secondary Cities in Africa

Urban Policy
Capacity Development
25 May 2022
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Results
News

4th City Enabling Environment Ratings in Africa

Governance and Planning
Local Government
Urban Development
Municipal Governance and Management
National Government
20 May 2022
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Results
News

Liberia: Solar Energy Improves Resilience and Livelihoods of Fishing Communities

Climate Adaptation
Climate Change and Resilience
Local Economic Development
Urban Development
Energy
26 Apr 2022
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Publication

Migrants, Markets and Mayors: Rising Above the Employment Challenge in Africa’s Secondary Cities

Migration
Urban Development
24 Apr 2022
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Spotlight On
News

Africities: The Role of Intermediary Cities in Africa

Secondary Cities
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Urban Development
Local Economic Development
Migration
01 Apr 2022

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About Cities Alliance

Cities Alliance is the global partnership fighting urban poverty and promoting the role of cities.

To help achieve these goals, the Cities Alliance promotes long-term programmatic approaches that support national and local governments to develop appropriate policy frameworks, strengthen local skills and capacity, undertake strategic city planning, and facilitate investment.

 

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