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Jitendra Bajpai: An agenda for urban access
Jitendra Bajpai of Columbia University outlines the 3 major accessibility problems facing cities in developing countries and policy ideas for how to overcome them.
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Fred Andema: Reforming Vacant Land
Fred Andema, Acting Director of Revenue Collection for the Kampala Capital City Authority, discusses the problem of vacant land in cities and how the KCCA plans to tackle this issue with the help of the IGC.
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Fred Andema: A case study of Kampala's revenue administration reforms
Fred Andema, Acting Director of Revenue Collection for the KCCA, discusses the administrative challenges of local revenue mobilisation and how ongoing reforms in Kampala have increased tax compliance.
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Jennifer Musisi: Lessons from Kampala
Jennifer S Musisi, Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority, discusses the inefficiencies of urban authorities in the developing world and outlines work done in Kampala to transform its urban governance.
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Ed Glaeser public lecture: Making cities work in the developing world
Ed Glaeser, research director of IGC’s cities programme, gives a public lecture about the importance of cities for development and the need for policy to tackle the downsides of density. He also introduces IGC's new research and policy initiative Cities that Work.
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Paul Collier & Tony Venables: Why cities matter
Paul Collier and Tony Venables explain how cities unlock the 'miracle of productivity', why they are key to economic growth in developing countries, and discuss the IGC's new Cities that Work initiative.
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Ed Glaeser: Five lessons for urban policy
Professor Ed Glaeser outlines five key lessons for policymakers in developing countries who want to implement effective urban policies. These ideas are part of the IGC's 'Cities that Work' initiative.