COVID-19 and Cities Blog series Cities and Cities that Work This blog series provides a platform for opinions, both sector-specific and cross-sectoral, on questions crucial to urban policymaking in developing countries during and after the pandemic. Blog posts in this series COVID-19 and Cities For the urban poor, trade may be the only lifeline during a pandemic Astrid Haas, Victoria Delbridge, Nikita Sharma Blog COVID-19 and Cities Devolve more power to cities: they will need it more than ever Astrid Haas, Shahrukh Wani Blog COVID-19 and Cities Property taxes in a pandemic world Astrid Haas, Priya Manwaring, Jennifer Musisi Blog COVID-19 and Cities Impact of COVID-19 on public transport Julia Bird, Sebastian Kriticos, Nick Tsivanidis Blog COVID-19 and Cities Rethinking regulations: Informal settlements in the time of COVID-19 Astrid Haas, Victoria Delbridge Blog COVID-19 and Cities Crime and COVID-19: Lessons from Cape Town and Karachi Victoria Delbridge, Zoha Waseem Blog COVID-19 and Cities In defence of density Shlomo Angel, Patrick Lamson-Hall, Oliver Harman, Shahrukh Wani Blog COVID-19 and Cities How clean hands can save lives during the COVID-19 pandemic Sebastian Kriticos, Naison Mutizwa-Mangiza Blog COVID-19 and Cities Making policy decisions under uncertainty Paul Collier, Victoria Delbridge, Shahrukh Wani Blog COVID-19 and Cities Empowering our cities to fight the pandemics of the future Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Paul Collier, Edward L. Glaeser, Astrid Haas, Craig Kesson, Jonathan Leape, Jennifer Musisi, Naison Mutizwa-Mangiza, Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Tony Venables Blog Share Share More from IGC Public and private transit: Evidence from Lagos Daniel Bjorkegren, Alice Duhaut, Geetika Nagpal, Nick Tsivanidis Working paper Urban accessibility and urban development Gilles Duranton, Victor Couture, Prottoy Akbar, Adam Storeygard 26 Jun 2026 Project Authority in African cities Oliver Harman 21 Feb 2026 Project Water market design for climate resilience Pol Simpson, Emiliano Rinaldi, Robin Burgess 25 Sep 2026 Project Themes Cities Initiatives Cities that Work
