consultative group meeting marrakech, morocco 10 – 11 november 2005

Consultative Group Meeting

Marrakech, Morocco10 – 11 November 2005

The CITIES ALLIANCE - Global Coalition of Cities and their Development Partners

Committed to Urban Poverty Reduction

LOCAL:

Community Based Decision Making

Community Groups NGOs Business Leaders Mayors

LOCAL:

Community Based Decision Making

Community Groups NGOs Business Leaders Mayors

GLOBAL:

Strengthening Coherence ofExternal Support Investment banks U.N. agencies Bilateral agencies International NGOs Local Authority Associations

GLOBAL:

Strengthening Coherence ofExternal Support Investment banks U.N. agencies Bilateral agencies International NGOs Local Authority Associations

Global Public Policy Forum Advancing Collective Know- How

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Cities Without Slums

Number of Poor in Africa Has Nearly Doubled Since 1981

Millions of People Living on Less than US$1 Per DayMillions of People Living on Less than US$1 Per Day

Source: Annual Review of Development Effectiveness, World Bank, 2004.

Accra, Ghana

Source: The Dynamics of Global Urban Expansion, Solly Angel et al, 2005

Bamako, Mali

Source: The Dynamics of Global Urban Expansion, Solly Angel et al, 2005

Casablanca, Morocco

Source: The Dynamics of Global Urban Expansion, Solly Angel et al, 2005

Economic Growth Needed to Sustain Poverty Reduction Remains Elusive for the Majority of Developing Countries

Source: Annual Review of Development Effectiveness, World Bank, 2004.

The Cities Alliance Supports…

Citywide & NationwideUpgrading

City DevelopmentStrategies (CDS)

Sustainable Financing Strategies

Funding criteria enhance prospects for sustainable change:Funding criteria enhance prospects for sustainable change:

Government commitmentGovernment commitment Linkages to investmentsLinkages to investments

Positive environmental impactsPositive environmental impacts Scaling upScaling up

Coherence of effortCoherence of effort

Unleashing the Potential of Cities

Increase focus on:Increase focus on:

Higher quality CDS and policies predicated on the Higher quality CDS and policies predicated on the growth of cities to achieve poverty reduction objectives growth of cities to achieve poverty reduction objectives and prevent the growth of new slums and prevent the growth of new slums

Engaging organised local government in national PRS Engaging organised local government in national PRS process and supporting CDS as local poverty reduction process and supporting CDS as local poverty reduction strategies incorporating MDG targets/indicatorsstrategies incorporating MDG targets/indicators

Developing city-level investment climate assessments Developing city-level investment climate assessments and tools to promote local economic development and and tools to promote local economic development and informal sector inclusion strategies informal sector inclusion strategies

Unleashing the Potential of Cities

Support systemic changes to strengthen Support systemic changes to strengthen financial devolution:financial devolution:

Dialogue and partnerships between Local Dialogue and partnerships between Local Government Associations and Ministries of Government Associations and Ministries of FinanceFinance

Incentives for improved performance at local Incentives for improved performance at local level and city creditworthiness level and city creditworthiness

Cities as proactive developers of infrastructure Cities as proactive developers of infrastructure to prevent the growth of new slums and to to prevent the growth of new slums and to mobilise domestic capitalmobilise domestic capital

Cities Alliance Financing Strategy: Empowering Cities to Attract Finance

Consent of governed for sound pricing

policies

Strengthened and stable

revenue streams

Accountabilityfor

service delivery

Creditworthycities

Accessing domestic capital provides significant incentives for Accessing domestic capital provides significant incentives for improved urban governanceimproved urban governance

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