consultative group meeting marrakech, morocco 10 – 11 november 2005
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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
CitiesAlliance
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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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