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Towards more equitable city economies - exploring public goods and services as a pathway to more equitable economic development in secondary cities in the global south.

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Campaign Raises Awareness of Flooding and Waste Disposal Dangers in Liberia

The campaign is part of the Cities Alliance Liberia Country Programme project “Delivering Climate-Resilient Solid Waste Management Services in Greater Monrovia, Liberia through Community-Based Enterprises," funded by the EU.

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Cities Alliance Announces Grant to UNCDF for Financial Modelling in African Secondary Cities

A new Cities Alliance grant to UNCDF aims to enable secondary cities to plan for and mobilise the investments they need to provide critical public services.

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Innovation Programme to Fund Five Activities Promoting Tenure Security in African Cities

The Cities Alliance is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2019 Innovation Programme Call for Proposals.

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Cities Alliance at the European Development Days

Towards more equitable city economies - exploring public goods and services as a pathway to more equitable economic development in secondary cities in the global south.

Call for Proposals: Reducing Gender Inequalities in Tunisian Cities

Apply by 28 June 2019.

Webinar: Exploring how Gender-Responsive Public Services Benefit Equitable and Inclusive Economic Growth in Cities

A discussion with Mobile Creche Delhi on the impact of childcare services: a webinar organised by the Joint Work Programme for Equitable Economic Growth in Cities, 27 May 2019 at 14:00 CET

Cities Alliance Hiring Urban Economic Development Specialist

Apply by 2 June 2019.
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Facilitating Solid Waste Management in West Point, Monrovia, Liberia

Tackling Waste: Cities Alliance Donates to Small Sanitation Firms In Liberia

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Mobilising Communities in Burkina Faso

Settlements, West Point, Monrovia, Liberia

Local and Regional Governments in the Follow-up and Review of Global Sustainability Agendas

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Incremental innovation has the potential to create inclusive development and to bring sectors together to position housing at the centre of urban development.
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Secondary cities are among the fastest growing in the world, and the arrival point for tens of thousands of migrants each year.
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Countries seeking to implement National Urban Policies need a strong legal framework. A Cities Alliance study on urban laws in the LAC region offers insights.
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Call for Proposals - Secure Tenure in African Cities: Micro Funds for Community Innovation
Cities Alliance: Supporting the Returning Migrants of Guatemala

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19 June 2019

European Development Days 2019 - Cities Alliance Policy Dialogue

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Towards more equitable cities economies. A policy dialogue exploring public goods and services as a pathway to more equitable economic development in secondary cities in the global south
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Training-Facilitators-Guide
This Facilitator’s Guide prepared by UN-Habitat and Cities Alliance accompanies the Quick Guides for Policy Makers: Housing the Poor in African Cities series.
UNH-Streets
Historically, governments have implemented slum upgrading projects and programmes of varying scale and scope
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This joint report from Cities Alliance and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) finds that the rapid pace of urbanisation represents an opportunity to build more sustainable, innovative and equitable towns and cities
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This brief explores how the global agreements relate to cities and how they provide a framework for action on sustainable urban development that can be implemented by governments at the national, local and regio
National-Urban-Policies
This joint report from the Cities Alliance and UN-Habitat reviews the experience of national urban policies in selected countries around the world