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A mayor’s plan for economic growth? Building an enabling city

Victoria Delbridge, Tim Dobermann, Muskan Jain, Juliana Oliveira-Cunha

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View of Kigali business district with offices, towers and residential homes. Photo credits: stellalevi / E+ via Getty Images.
Why cities are the engine of growth in developing countries

Victoria Delbridge, Oliver Harman, Juliana Oliveira-Cunha

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Luanda, Angola. Photo by Eric Lafforgue via Getty Images.
Building the Cities Spatial Model: Bridging research and practice in urban policy

Victoria Delbridge, Hugh Cole, Nick Tsivanidis

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Cities Spatial Model
Politics of trash: How waste management can build trust in cities

Oliver Harman, Victoria Delbridge

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Group of people in a garbage sorting plant next to bags of plastic bottles and a truck with waste paper.
What’s in the bin? Cities' waste data can guide smarter decisions

Oliver Harman, Victoria Delbridge

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Plastic wastes are seen in Kampala, Uganda on March 10, 2022
Traffic in big cities: Global evidence and lessons for Pakistan

Hina Shaikh

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Composite of two images - KARACHI, PAKISTAN -In Karachi, where the traffic is a complete chaos, rickshaws, also called 'Tuk tuk', are among the preferred means of transport for tourists as well as locals (Photo by Adsiz Gunebakan/Anadolu via Getty Images). Second image sourced via Adobe Express (Pakistan green Railway)
How can improvements in public transport in Peru boost access to education?

Fabiola Alba-Vivar

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Lima aerial view
Taxing effectively
Improving tax compliance through public disclosure: Evidence from Uganda

Tanner Regan, Priya Manwaring

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City view of Kampala
Strengthening urban waste management by empowering waste pickers in Ghana

Martin Oteng-Ababio, Ebenezer Amankwaa

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Residents recycle junk in a waste disposal dump in Accra, Ghana
Evaluating economic gains to urban investments and policies: Introducing IGC’s Cities Spatial Model

Hugh Cole, Victoria Delbridge, Maria del Mar Gómez Ortiz, Nick Tsivanidis, Román David Zárate

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Bus rapid transit system in Bogota
The economics of urban planning: Why land and labour markets matter

Juliana Oliveira-Cunha

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View of downtown Nairobi
Can public-private partnerships (PPPs) bridge the infrastructure gap in fast-growing cities?

Shahrukh Wani, Priya Manwaring

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Climate priorities in developing countries
How developing countries can embrace change and reap opportunities from sustainable urbanisation

Victoria Delbridge, Oliver Harman, Juliana Oliveira-Cunha

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Kampala city scape
Data and AI
Data and research journey of a ‘smart city’: the City of Cape Town’s practical approach towards evidence-based decision-making

Kezia Fortuin, Victoria Delbridge

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City of Cape Town. Photo by Getty Images
Climate priorities in developing countries
Three ways in which cities can spur development and climate change adaptation

Juliana Oliveira-Cunha

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One of the busy main streets (Burton St) of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Photo credits: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
The role of inter-governmental transfers in financing Africa’s cities

Oliver Harman

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Learning from Lagos

Oliver Harman, Siobhan McDonough

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East view of Ojuelegba bridge, Yaba, Lagos-Nigeria. Photo credit: Omoeko Media via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Building a strong evidence base for policymaking and action in cities

Siobhan McDonough

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Photo caption: Jeanine_S via Pixabay.
How transport reforms have impacted urban connectivity in Kenya

Astrid Haas, Sebastian Kriticos, Nicolas Lippolis

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Housing in Hawassa: How to accommodate migrant labour in industrialising cities

Astrid Haas, Sebastian Kriticos, Nicolas Lippolis

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