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ELLA BRIEF: Focus Cities Programme: Multi-stakeholder Participation in City Governance

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Cities are challenged by a variety of environmental problems, most of which are associated with failures in the way urban growth is planned and managed. The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) set up the Focus Cities Research Initiative to address these urban management challenges. It was unusual in that it supported both research and action, and used multi-stakeholder teams to employ action-research and work in partnership with local government and civil society to identify more...

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Mark Turner on May 21, 2013

'Slum Tourism' for Impact? Reality Tours couples education and social change

'Slum Tourism' for Impact? Reality Tours couples education and social change

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Dharavi is one of the largest slums in the world, which became world famous through the film "Slumdog Millionaire." Situated in central Mumbai, about one million people inhabit an area of 175 hectares. That is a population density 80 times larger than that of the city of São Paulo. Reality Tours, a for-profit private organization whose goal is to change people's perception of Dharavi, which is often hurt by the same factors that make the place so famous worldwide. The mission of Reality more...

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D C on May 15, 2013

ELLA BRIEF: Pushing Through Reform: Lima's Disaster Risk Management Strategy

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In recent years, there have been a number of important actions at the institutional level for promoting disaster risk management (DRM) in developing countries. Yet securing a city-level political commitment that ensures the required investment and specific action plans in big cities has remained a pending challenge. This Brief describes how the Municipality of Lima designed and implemented its Disaster Risk Management Strategy, in particular analysing how disaster risk management was more...

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Mark Turner on May 2, 2013

Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 2: Youth and Entrepreneurship

Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 2: Youth and Entrepreneurship

Launched in May 2011, the new global magazine Southern Innovator is about the people across the global South shaping our new world, eradicating poverty and working towards the achievement of the Millennnium Development Goals (MDGs).They are the innovators. Issue 1 covered the theme of mobile phones and information technology. Issue 2 covers the theme of youth and entrepreneurship. Follow the magazine on Twitter @SouthSouth1.

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David South on April 15, 2013

Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 4: Cities and Urbanization

Southern Innovator Magazine Issue 4: Cities and Urbanization

Launched in May 2011, the new global magazine Southern Innovator is about the people across the global South shaping our new world, eradicating poverty and working towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They are the innovators. Issue 1 covered the theme of mobile phones and information technology. Issue 2 covered the theme of youth and entrepreneurship. Issue 3 covered the theme of agribusiness and food security. Issue 4 covers the theme of cities and urbanization. more...

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David South on April 15, 2013

Building urban resilience: principles, tools, and practice

Building urban resilience: principles, tools, and practice

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This handbook is a resource for enhancing disaster resilience in urban areas. It summarizes the guiding principles, tools, and practices in key economic sectors that can facilitate incorporation of resilience concepts into the decisions about infrastructure investments and general urban management that are integral to reducing disaster and climate risks.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 8, 2013

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Juma Mzuri on March 26, 2013

Who's Your Company? Where to Locate to Compete in Emerging Markets

Who's Your Company? Where to Locate to Compete in Emerging Markets

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Who’s your city? For companies in the developing world, this question determines their market sizes, access to innovative ideas, regulatory environment and proximity to innovative staff. In this brief, we identify the most attractive metropolitan areas to locate in to sell in emerging markets. Dubai, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Shanghai and Beijing comprise our top 10 list. Close runners-up include Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Cairo more...

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Bryane Michael on March 21, 2013

Learning Curves: Assessing ADB's Support to Afghanistan

Learning Curves: Assessing ADB's Support to Afghanistan

When Afghanistan emerged from conflict in 2002, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and a broad consortium of development partners stepped in quickly to deal with pressing needs to try to avert a slide back into civil strife. ADB helped the country restore economic stability, rebuild institutions, and provide basic services. Progress with ADB support has included a 750-kilometer network of improved roads, cutting travel times on important routes. Four functioning airports connect remote parts of more...

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licel calderon on February 28, 2013

Remittances and Well-Being among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

Remittances and Well-Being among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

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The main objective of this paper is to propose a systematic approach to empirically analyse the effect of remittances on the utility of migrants, as proxied by their subjective well-being (SWB). Using data from a new survey on China (RUMiC), it estimate models in which a measure of subjective well- being is regressed on the level of remittances, and we find a sizeable positive correlation. The effect of remittances on well-being varies with the socioeconomic characteristics of migrants, more...

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D C on February 21, 2013

A spatial vulnerability analysis of urban populations during extreme heat events in Australian capital cities

A spatial vulnerability analysis of urban populations during extreme heat events in Australian capital cities

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This study aims to provide an analysis of the spatial distribution of vulnerability of urban populations to extreme heat events in Australian capital cities at the present time, and to estimate future vulnerability in relation to projected climate changes.It provides a ‘tool’ to guide short-term, medium-term and longer-term heatwave adaptation policy.

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Moushumi Biswas on January 15, 2013

Learning from Experimentation Sustaining Innovation to Achieve Impact

Learning from Experimentation Sustaining Innovation to Achieve Impact

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Innovation has been a broadly used term in the social sector, but we refer to innovation here as a new pathway for solving acute problems or fulfilling a mission. It might take the form of a new product, service, or process--or the new application of an existing product, service, or process. In the case of FrontlineSMS, the organization did not invent SMS technology but innovated a new application of this technology that yielded novel pathways for helping health workers like Verona increase more...

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D C on January 10, 2013

Special Evaluation Study on the Asian Development Fund Operations: A Decade of Supporting Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific Region

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) established the Asian Development Fund (ADF) for concessionary lending to poorer developing member countries (DMCs) by reconstituting an earlier Special Fund in 1974. The ADF's purpose is to promote economic and social development in those DMCs. Its resources are replenished every 3-5 years by donors and are allocated to eligible DMCs according to a formula (known as performance-based allocation) that is based on the country performance assessment rating, per more...

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licel calderon on January 7, 2013

Asian Development Bank's Support for Promoting Good Governance in Pacific Developing Member Countries

Macroeconomic management is a major challenge and sustained growth remains an elusive goal for most of Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Pacific developing member countries. While governments have made clear commitments to improving governance, issues of capacity, implementation, and enforcement remain key concerns for achieving this crucial development goal. This special evaluation study assesses ADB support for promoting good governance in Pacific developing member countries from 2000 to 2010, more...

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licel calderon on January 7, 2013

Engaging with Citizens to Improve Services

Engaging with Citizens to Improve Services

This study explains why and how the creation of institutionalized citizen engagement will enhance public accountability, performance, and customer responsiveness in the Indian urban water and sanitation sector. It draws on 10 practical case studies of citizen engagement in India to derive lessons for civil society groups, policy makers and service providers pertinent to different points in the ‘service delivery chain’ including policy-making, planning and more...

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Moushumi Biswas on January 6, 2013

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