URBANET
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URBANET is a weblog that promotes international dialogue on sustainable urban development. The weblog offers a platform for experts around the globe to exchange knowledge and experiences and provides insight into topics such as decentralisation, just transition and reducing inequalities.
Local Partnerships, Global Impact: Lessons from Lamspringe and Amahlathiv
What does it take to turn global goals into local actions? As municipalities bring their experiences to the High-Level Political Forum in New York, the partnership between Lamspringe in Germany and Amahlathi in South Africa shows how cooperation, shared learning and local participation can bring the 2030 Agenda closer to people’s everyday lives.
Cara Hamann
Africa’s Urban Future Depends on Local Action: Why Strong Local Governments are Key to Achieving the SDGsNew
The Sustainable Development Goals may be global commitments, but their implementation depends on local action, Taibat Lawanson writes. In Africa’s rapidly urbanising cities, empowered local governments are essential to turn the SDGs into tangible improvements in people’s everyday lives – from housing and transport to basic services, resilience and inclusive governance.
Taibat Lawanson
No Ready-Made Solutions: How African Cities Are Adapting Land Value Capture to Local Realitiesv
As African cities grow, public investments are rapidly increasing land values. But who benefits from this uplift? From Kigali to Stellenbosch, cities are adapting land value capture to local realities – showing that successful urban finance tools are built through context, experimentation and political commitment, not copied from elsewhere.
Astrid. R. N. Haas
Financing Africa's Urban Future vvvvv
As Africa’s cities expand, the financing challenge is becoming a governance challenge: cities need more reliable revenues, better access to capital and stronger tools to turn growth into inclusive, resilient development.
George Kararach