The United Nations Joint Programme on Local Governance and Decentralized Service Delivery (JPLG) in Somalia is a joint program with UN-Habitat and four other UN agencies, including the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The first phase of JPLG began in 2008 and ended in 2012. JPLG II (2013–2017) is now being…

This guide is intended for trainers and facilitators in the GLTN and UN-Habitat Land-based Finance (LBF) Training course. LBF is a collective name given to a range of instruments by which local governments expand their revenue base and generate funds that will help them realize their service delivery, infrastructure development and maintenance goals. The broader contexts within which this tool is being developed are local governance and sustainable urbanization. The LBF tool is premised on the…

This Final Evaluation of the Urban-LEDS Project was carried out during the period May – September 2016. The Objective of the Project is “to enhance the transition [of cities] to low emission urban development in emerging economy countries.” The Project began in March 2012 and ended in March 2016 (48 months). The total Project budget provided by the European Commission was €6.7 million Euros.

The informal economy is the lifeblood of many cities today. It provides jobs for many, in some cities the majority of urban workers, provides flexible services to many urban residents, and makes significant contributions to urban economies.

The informal economy demonstrates vibrancy, flexibility and entrepreneurship, and supports local supply chains and global exchange. However, diversity makes the informal economy hard to capture in conventional urban policy processes.
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Final Report on the Global Experts Group Meeting “Municipal Finance In Developing Cities: Review Of Land-Based Finance Training Package for Financing Sustainable Urban Development” held in Barcelona, Spain, 20-21 May 2015.

Le présent rapport examine les défis fondamentaux à relever dans le financement des
administrations publiques locales, les principales sources de recettes des collectivités
locales et l’expérience acquise dans la fourniture de services durables. Il étudie également
les systèmes et pratiques innovantes de gestion financière appliqués en Afrique.
Cette analyse est complétée par une étude de cas consacrée à la ville de Gaborone
(Botswana). Enfin, nous proposons…