The Future of African Cities
Author: Catherine Farvacque-Vitkovi?
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1998-01-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780821338865
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The growth of Africa's cities has outstripped local capacities of management, absorption, and financing. Yet cities do not have to be a drain on the national economy ; on the contrary, they can add new dynamism to the process of economic growth. This book addresses two basic questions : What have we learned ? Where are we going? It takes stock of two decades of experience in urban development, proposes a common-sense priority agenda for the urban sector in the region, and suggests some operational tools to carry it out. (Adapté du résumé de l'auteur).