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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
- Oxford University Press
- Cambridge University Press
- Banco Mundial
- Washington, DC: World Bank
- World Bank, Washington, DC
- Washington, DC
- Washington, DC: World Bank Group
- Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement
- Sage Publications Inc
- Washington, DC: United Cities and Local Government and the World Bank
- World Bank, Washington, DC and Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brasilia
- World Bank, Brasilia
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Tecendo o axé : uma abordagem antropológica da atual transnacionalização afro-religiosa nos paises do Cone Sul; Weaving of the “axé”:an anthropological approach to current African-brazilian religious transnationalization on southern cone countries
Fonte: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Publicador: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Tipo: Tese de Doutorado
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#Antropologia social#Networks#Transnationalization#Antropologia da religião#Etnografia#African-brazilian religions#Identidade étnica#Ethnic identities#Transnacionalização religiosa#National identities#Religiões afro-brasileiras
Redes de agentes afro-religiosos permitem a circulação de pessoas, objetos e ações entre o Brasil e o exterior. A partir da descrição etnográfica de contatos com pais-de-santo realizados entre 2005 e 2010 em Porto Alegre (BR), Santana do Livramento (BR) e Rivera (UY), Montevidéu (UY) e arredores, Buenos Aires (AR) e algumas cidades do conurbano e da província homônima, apresenta-se, nesta tese, o acompanhamento dos atores em seus trânsitos transnacionais e nas suas relações com as sociedades envolventes em cada cidade. Pela análise e interpretação dos dados etnográficos percebe-se que existe uma estrutura afro-religiosa compartilhada nessa região, mas que em cada caso esta apresenta diversificações locais da matriz de pensamento religioso afro-orientado. Esses “desvios estruturais” na afro-religiosidade variam em relação a outros dois pertencimentos: a nacionalidade e a identidade étnica. Além disso, a organização dos papéis rituais e sua distribuição por gênero e orientação sexual aparece como elemento importante nas cenas afro-religiosas platinas. É porque aquelas cidades, através das suas redes de agentes religiosos, estão em relação, histórica e presente, que ocorre essa tensão entre continuidade e diferenciação na estrutura afro-religiosa. Conclui-se tratar-se de um fenômeno transnacional...
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Negotiating markets for health: an exploration of physicians’ engagement in dual practice in three African capital cities
Fonte: Oxford University Press
Publicador: Oxford University Press
Tipo: Artigo de Revista Científica
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Scarce evidence exists on the features, determinants and implications of physicians’ dual practice, especially in resource-poor settings. This study considered dual practice patterns in three African cities and the respective markets for physician services, with the objective of understanding the influence of local determinants on the practice. Forty-eight semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted in the three cities to understand features of the practice and the respective markets. A survey was carried out in a sample of 331 physicians to explore their characteristics and decisions to work in public and private sectors. Descriptive analysis and inferential statistics were employed to explore differences in physicians’ engagement in dual practice across the three locations. Different forms of dual practice were found to exist in the three cities, with public physicians engaging in private practice outside but also inside public facilities, in regulated as well as unregulated ways. Thirty-four per cent of the respondents indicated that they worked in public practice only, and 11% that they engaged exclusively in private practice. The remaining 55% indicated that they engaged in some form of dual practice, 31% ‘outside’ public facilities...
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INTRODUCTION: SUSTAINING THE LIFE OF THE POLIS
Fonte: Cambridge University Press
Publicador: Cambridge University Press
Tipo: Artigo de Revista Científica
Publicado em /11/2013
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How are publics of protection and care defined in African cities today? The
effects of globalization and neo-liberal policies on urban space are well
documented. From London to São Paulo, denationalization, privatization,
offshoring and cuts in state expenditure are creating enclaves and exclusions,
resulting in fragmented, stratified social geographies (see Caldeira 2000; Ong 2006; Harvey 2006; Murray 2011). ‘Networked
archipelagoes’, islands connected by transnational circulations of capital,
displace other spatial relations and imaginaries. Spaces of encompassment,
especially, such as ‘the nation’ or simply ‘society’ as defined by inclusion
within a whole, lose practical value and intellectual purchase as referents of
citizenship (Gupta and Ferguson 2002;
Ferguson 2005). In African cities, where
humanitarian, experimental or market logics dominate the distribution of
sanitation and healthcare, this fragmentation is particularly stark (see, for
example, Redfield 2006, 2012; Fassin 2007; Bredeloup et al. 2008; Nguyen 2012). Privilege and crisis interrupt older contiguities,
delineating spaces and times of exception. The ‘public’ of health is defined by
survival or consumption, obscuring the human as bearer of civic rights and
responsibilities...
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Urban Youth Bulges and Social Disorder : An Empirical Study of Asian and Sub-Saharan African Cities
Fonte: Banco Mundial
Publicador: Banco Mundial
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#ADULT POPULATION#ALGORITHM#ARMED CONFLICT#ARMED CONFLICTS#CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT#CITY POPULATION#CIVIL CONFLICT#CIVIL WAR#DEMOCRACY#DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE#DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION
By 2050, two-thirds of the world s
population will live in cities, and the greatest growth in
urban populations will take place in the least developed
countries. This presents many governments with considerable
challenges related to urban governance and the provision of
services and opportunities to a burgeoning urban population.
Among the concerns is that large youth bulges in urban
centers could be a source of political instability and
violence. Here, we assess this claim empirically using newly
collected data on city-level urban social disorder, ranging
from non-violent actions, such as demonstrations and
strikes, to violent political actions, such as riots,
terrorism, and armed conflict. The dataset covers 55 major
cities in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa for 1960-2006. The
study also utilizes a new United Nations Population Division
dataset on urban populations by age and sex. The study
further considers factors that could condition the effect of
age structure, in particular the level of informal
employment...
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Patience and Action Pays : A Comparative Analysis of WSS Reforms in Three East African Cities
Fonte: Banco Mundial
Publicador: Banco Mundial
Tipo: Artigo de Revista Científica
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There have been significant efforts in the last 15 years to improve performance in water supply and sewerage services (WSS) operations of most cities in Africa. This has called for a number of reforms. WSS utilities in the three East African capital cities have been among the list that has undertaken such reform. Consequently, a number of legislative, institutional and managerial reforms, all aimed at creating good enabling environments to drive performance, have been undertaken. This paper outlines some of these reforms in WSS operations of the three capital cities of Kampala, Nairobi and Dar es Salaam. We present, amongst other things, the key reform drivers, reforms undertaken, achievements and underlying success factors. We conclude that there is need to synergise the use of incentives, strong leadership, managerial autonomy and accountability as important buttresses for successful reforms. In doing all this, political support and, indeed, support from other stakeholders is important. We also note that reforms need time, adequate stakeholder mapping and incorporation of significant local capacity development to be fully effective.
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Cities in a Globalizing World : Governance, Performance, and Sustainability
Fonte: Washington, DC: World Bank
Publicador: Washington, DC: World Bank
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#ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY#ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT#ACCESS TO INFORMATION#ACCESS TO SERVICES#ACCOUNTABILITY#AIR POLLUTION#ASSETS#BAD GOVERNANCE#BRIBERY#BUDGET INFORMATION#CADRES
This book contributes to the empirical
and theoretical analysis of the performance of cities in a
globalizing world, bringing together a range of perspectives
on the policy implications for urban management. It provides
guidance for policymakers on ways of capitalizing on the
global economy that will make the most of the cities
resources and managerial infrastructure as well as guiding
investment and policy for the future. The book provides
examples of how conflicts can be managed between individual
and collective interests, such as the extensive
environmental and social consultation undertaken in the
planning and implementation of the Jamuna Bridge in
Bangladesh, which now joins cities that had never seen daily
connection between people in markets. The authors present
empirical evidence that suggests that good governance and
globalization tend to improve city-level performance in both
the access to services as well as the quality of delivery of
services which allows cities to translate global opportunity
into local value for their citizens. This research also
raises difficult questions of causality: does more
globalization cause better governance...
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The Future of Water in African Cities : Why Waste Water? Integrated Urban Water Management, Background Report
Fonte: World Bank, Washington, DC
Publicador: World Bank, Washington, DC
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#ACCESS TO BASIC WATER SERVICES#ACCESS TO SERVICES#ACCESS TO WATER#ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY#ADEQUATE WATER#AQUATIC ECOLOGY#AVAILABILITY OF WATER#AVAILABLE WATER#BASIC SANITATION#BASIC WATER SUPPLY#BASINS
The primary objective of this report is
to provide a coherent and comprehensive review on integrated
urban water management (IUWM) approach to assist public
authorities to identify and address the future challenges of
urban water supply, sanitation and flood management in
African cities. This report presents the existing and future
challenges in Africa, the possible options for innovative
technologies and approaches for their breakthrough and a way
forward to achieve the objectives of IUWM. It highlights
technical and institutional constraints of the IUWM in
Africa. It presents the global and African best practices
and trends in IUWM which are linked to urban development and
which have very good lessons learnt that can be shared
within and among the cities in Africa. The report consists
of four chapters. Chapter two reviews the existing
condition, future challenges and opportunities in Urban
Water Sector (UWS) in Africa. The review covers the current
situation of urban water systems and their management
approaches; the major future change pressures (climate
change...
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A Systemic Analysis of Land Markets and Land Institutions in West African Cities : Rules and Practices--The Case of Bamako, Mali
Fonte: World Bank, Washington, DC
Publicador: World Bank, Washington, DC
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#ACCESS TO LAND#AGENTS#AGRICULTURAL LAND#ASSESSMENTS#BROKERS#BUILDING#BUILDINGS#CHARGES#CITIES#COMMUNES#COMMUNITIES
This paper presents a new type of land
market analysis relevant to cities with plural tenure
systems as in West Africa. The methodology hinges on a
systemic analysis of land delivery channels, which helps to
show how land is initially made available for circulation,
how tenure can be formalized incrementally, and the
different means whereby households can access land. The
analysis is applied to the area of Bamako in Mali, where
information was collected through (i) interviews with key
informants, (ii) a literature review on land policies,
public allocations, and customary transfers of land, (iii) a
press review on land disputes, and (iv) a survey of more
than 1,600 land transfers of un-built plots that occurred
between 2009 and 2012. The analysis finds that land is
mostly accessed through an informal customary channel,
whereby peri-urban land is transformed from agricultural to
residential use, and through a public channel, which
involves the administrative allocation of residential plots
to households. The integrated analysis of land markets and
land institutions stresses the complexity of procedures and
the extra-legality of practices that strongly affect the
functioning of formal and informal markets and make access
to land costly and insecure...
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Scoping Study : Urban Mobility in Three Cities--Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, and Nairobi
Fonte: Washington, DC
Publicador: Washington, DC
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#URBAN TRANSPORT#URBAN TRANSPORTATION FINANCE#URBAN TRANSPORTATION POLICY#ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE#COORDINATE SYSTEM#REORGANIZATION#TRANSPORT PLANNING#CASE STUDIES#PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION#RESEARCH PLANNING#MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE
A comprehensive investigative study was
implemented in 2002, on the status, and development of urban
mobility in three Sub-Saharan African cities - Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; and, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Its
purpose was to gather information in terms of size, regional
spread, and availability data, that would allow
identification of issues affecting urban mobility in the
related cities, and prepare action plans, that would lead to
policy reforms. This report focuses on the findings of such
study, stipulating a keen awareness in each city, that many
of the urban transport problems arise because of lack of
leadership, and coordination, not just because of poor
funding, which is of course a problem, and, further
highlights the inability of organizational structures to
respond in a coherent, and focused manner. The report
concludes that the only way to derive significant
improvements in the performance of the urban transport
sector, is to reorganize the way in which urban transport is
planned...
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Economics of South African Townships : Special Focus on Diepsloot
Fonte: Washington, DC: World Bank Group
Publicador: Washington, DC: World Bank Group
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#ACCESS TO CAPITAL#ACCESS TO CREDIT#ACCESS TO FINANCE#ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES#ACCESS TO FORMAL FINANCE#ACCESS TO SERVICES#ACCOUNTABILITY#ACCOUNTING#ADVANCED ECONOMIES#ADVANCED ECONOMY#AGRICULTURE
Countries everywhere are divided into
two distinct spatial realms: one urban, one rural. Classic
models of development predict faster growth in the urban
sector, causing rapid migration from rural areas to cities,
lifting average incomes in both places. The process
continues until the marginal productivity of labor is
equalized across the two realms. The pattern of rising
urbanization accompanying economic growth has become one of
the most visible and self-evident empirical facts of
development across the world, with almost 200,000 people
making the rural-to-urban trek every day, according to the
United Nations. Cities across the world are powering growth,
development, and modernization. The study then takes a close
look at Diepsloot, a large township in the Johannesburg
Metropolitan Area, to bring out more vividly the economic
realities and choices of township residents. Although
atypical in many ways, by the virtue of being newer, poorer,
and more informal, with a bigger concentration of migrants
(many of them foreign nationals)...
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Land Delivery Systems in West African Cities : The Example of Bamako, Mali
Fonte: Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement
Publicador: Washington, DC: World Bank; and Agence Française de Développement
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#Informal settlements#access to land#land conflicts#land administration#land markets#land tenure#land use#property rights#urban expansion
Urban and peri-urban land markets in rapidly expanding West African cities operate within and across different coexisting tenure regimes and involve complex procedures to obtain or make land available for housing. Because a structured framework lacks for the analysis of such systems, this book proposes a systemic approach and applies it to Bamako and its surrounding areas. The framework revolves around the description of land delivery channels: starting from the status of tenure when the land is first placed in circulation for residential use, it identifies the processes whereby tenure can be improved, the types of transactions that take place along the way, and interactions between land delivery channels.
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Levees of Hope: African American steamboat workers, cities, and slave escapes on the antebellum mississipi, journal of urban history.
Fonte: Sage Publications Inc
Publicador: Sage Publications Inc
Tipo: Artigo de Revista Científica
Publicado em //2004
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The Mississippi River system was an important site of African American resistance to slavery. This article illustrates that slaves used the western steamboat economy to run away from their masters, a history that has been neglected by historians. Western cities, and the commercial working class that grew with them, were crucial to these escape networks. The labor mobility of the river, and the freedoms that came with it, were a dramatic extension of the relative freedoms of urban slavery. Runaway slaves knew that cities offered the hope of contact with a broader pan-Mississippi African American community that could allow them to ride the decks of steamboats to freedom.; Thomas C. Buchanan; © 2004 SAGE Publications
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The Future of Water in African Cities : Why Waste Water? Diagnostic of Urban Water Management in 31 Cities in Africa, Companion Volume
Fonte: World Bank, Washington, DC
Publicador: World Bank, Washington, DC
Tipo: Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study; Economic & Sector Work
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#ACCESS TO SANITATION#ACCESS TO URBAN SERVICES#ACCESS TO WATER#ANNUAL RUNOFF#AVAILABILITY OF WATER#BASIC URBAN SERVICES#BASIC WATER SUPPLY#CITIES#CITY LEADERS#CITY POPULATION#CLIMATE CHANGE
By 2030, Africa's urban population
will double, and the difficulties African cities currently
face in providing sustainable water services will be
exacerbated. 'The future of water in African cities:
why waste water?' argues that the traditional approach
of one source, one system, and one discharge cannot close
the water gap. A more integrated, sustainable, and flexible
approach, which takes into account new concepts such as
water fit to a purpose, is needed in African cities. The
book provides examples of cities in Africa and beyond that
have already implemented Integrated Urban Water Management
(IUWM) approaches both in terms of technical and
institutional solutions. Case studies explore the ways in
which IUWM can help meet future water demand in African
cities. Recent work carried out by Bahri (2012) on IUWM for
the Global Water Partnership has also emphasized the
necessity to examine the challenges posed by urban sprawl
for urban planners and to recognize the need for coordinate,
response, and sustainable resource management across
sectors...
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The Future of Water in African Cities : Why Waste Water? Integrating Urban Planning and Water Management in Sub-Saharan Africa, Background Report
Fonte: World Bank, Washington, DC
Publicador: World Bank, Washington, DC
Tipo: Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study; Economic & Sector Work
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#ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE#AIR POLLUTION#BASIC SERVICES#BUDGETARY RESOURCES#BUILDING REGULATIONS#CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS#CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS#CITIES#CITIZENS#CIVIL UNREST#CLIMATE CHANGE
This paper is one of a series of
analytical studies commissioned by the World Bank's
Africa Region and Water Anchor which are intended to
identify and address the future challenges of urban water
supply, sanitation and flood management in Sub-Saharan
Africa's (SSA) cities and towns. Following the terms of
reference for the assignment, and as indicated by its title,
the paper is directed at understanding and describing the
linkages and interdependencies between water management and
water security on the one hand, and urbanization, urban
planning and development on the other. The paper is
structured in six sections. Section one presents an overview
of urbanization trends in SSA. This is followed by a
discussion in Section two of what can be seen as the
corollary of the unprecedented urban population growth now
occurring and projected for SSA, large-scale urban
expansion, involving potentially massive increases in urban
land cover. This expansion has implications, also discussed
in section two, for the internal structuring of African
cities and towns...
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The Future of Water in African Cities : Why Waste Water?
Fonte: Washington, DC: World Bank
Publicador: Washington, DC: World Bank
Tipo: Publications & Research :: Publication; Publications & Research :: Publication
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#Cities#Climate change#Drainage#Floods#River basin management#Sanitation#Technology#Urban planning#Urban water management#Urbanization#Wastewater treatment
The overall goal of this book is to
change the way urban policy makers think about urban water
management, planning, and project design in Africa. African
cities are growing quickly, and their current water
management systems cannot keep up with growing demand. It
will take a concerted effort on the part of decision makers
across sectors and institutions to find a way to provide
sustainable water services to African city dwellers. This
book argues that these complex challenges require innovative
solutions and a management system that can work across
institutional, sectoral, and geographic boundaries. A survey
conducted for this analysis shows that African city leaders
and utility operators are looking for ways to include a
broader range of issues, such as water resources management,
flood and drought preparation, rainwater harvesting, and
solid waste management, than previously addressed in their
water management plans. This book argues that integrated
urban water management (IUWM) will help policy makers in
African cities consider a wider range of solutions...
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Financing Africa's Cities : The Imperative of Local Investment
Fonte: Washington, DC: World Bank
Publicador: Washington, DC: World Bank
Tipo: Publications & Research :: Publication; Publications & Research
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#Cities#Endogenous financing#Financing Investment#Financing cities#Financing infrastructure#Housing policies#Land value capture#Local government#Urban development
African countries confront vast economic, social, and environmental challenges. Although urban issues bear upon many of these challenges, they have remained a secondary priority for governments and the international community. The growing gap between infrastructure and services already built and those needed demands a drastic change in the scale of urban financing. This book aims to begin that reexamination. It offers a broad methodological perspective and several operational avenues to bolster and modernize the financing that cities urgently require. The financing of urban investments involves several aspects of local government fiscal matters: public finance, administrative law, taxation, monitoring and controlling of subsovereign debt, urban administration and governance, and so on. It also involves other sectors, such as land management, land development, and housing. This book defines its geographic scope as two concentric circles within Africa, as described below. It also draws on other regions: the most developed or emerging countries outside the African continent that can furnish examples illuminating or adaptable to, the African context. This volume is organized into five chapters and an appendix containing eight case studies. Chapter one addresses the fundamentals. Chapter two analyzes urbanization and sectoral policies across the African continent. Chapter three is dedicated to Africa's decentralization...
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Decentralization and Local Democracy in the World : First Global Report by United Cities and Local Governments 2008
Fonte: Washington, DC: United Cities and Local Government and the World Bank
Publicador: Washington, DC: United Cities and Local Government and the World Bank
Tipo: Publications & Research :: Publication; Publications & Research :: Publication
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#ACCOUNTABILITY#ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS#ADMINISTRATIVE AUTONOMY#ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITIES#ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY#ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION#ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTIONS#ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT#ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS#ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE#ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISION
This overall picture of decentralization
and local democracy in African countries shows significant
progress at the strictly institutional level. No country now
publicly opposes the implementation of decentralization
policies. Local governments exist in all countries, and
elections are held to elect local authorities. The extent of
such progress must, however, be set against a number of
persistent obstacles that continue to hinder a real
progression of decentralization in Africa. Difficulties
remain within states concerning the transfer of financial
resources needed to match the devolved responsibilities.
Local governments also face difficulties in increasing their
own resources (aside from state-transfers and grants) at a
faster pace. Ensuring the availability of qualified human
resources at the local level and improving public access to
local services are also fundamental issues of concern.
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Land and Urban Policies for Poverty Reduction : Proceedings of the Third International Urban Research Symposium Held in Brasilia, April 2005, Volume 1
Fonte: World Bank, Washington, DC and Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brasilia
Publicador: World Bank, Washington, DC and Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brasilia
Tipo: Publications & Research :: Working Paper; Publications & Research
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#AFFORDABLE HOUSING#AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT#AIR#APARTMENTS#ARCHITECT#ARCHITECTURE#BARRIO#BOTTLENECKS#BUS#BUS FARE#BUS JOURNEYS
The first paper of this section
(Durand-Laserve) documents how increasing pressures on urban
land and the 'commodification' of shelter and
settlement has increased 'market evictions' of
families holding intermediate tide to property, although
international declarations and pressures have contributed to
reducing 'forced evictions.' The second paper
(Mooya and Cloete) uses the tools of the New Institutional
Economics to analyze the argument in Hernando DeSoto's
path-breaking book, The Mystery of Capital, that full legal
tide is the key to turning 'dead capital' in the
form of informal property held by many low-income families
into an economic asset and to detonating broad-based
economic growth. The paper concludes that intermediate forms
of tenure can have the virtues of full legal tide if
properly constructed, and then examines the case of Namibia
in this context. The third paper (Fernandes) documents and
assesses the recent efforts of the Brazilian federal
Ministry of Cities to develop a comprehensive approach for
regularizing title throughout that country. In the fourth
paper...
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Land and Urban Policies for Poverty Reduction : Proceedings of the Third International Urban Research Symposium Held in Brasilia, April 2005, Volume 2
Fonte: World Bank, Brasilia
Publicador: World Bank, Brasilia
Tipo: Publications & Research; Publications & Research :: Working Paper
ENGLISH; EN_US
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#AFFORDABLE HOUSING#AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT#AIR#APARTMENTS#ARCHITECT#ARCHITECTURE#BARRIO#BOTTLENECKS#BUS#BUS FARE#BUS JOURNEYS
The first paper of this section
(Durand-Laserve) documents how increasing pressures on urban
land and the 'commodification' of shelter and
settlement has increased 'market evictions' of
families holding intermediate tide to property, although
international declarations and pressures have contributed to
reducing 'forced evictions.' The second paper
(Mooya and Cloete) uses the tools of the New Institutional
Economics to analyze the argument in Hernando DeSoto's
path-breaking book, The Mystery of Capital, that full legal
tide is the key to turning 'dead capital' in the
form of informal property held by many low-income families
into an economic asset and to detonating broad-based
economic growth. The paper concludes that intermediate forms
of tenure can have the virtues of full legal tide if
properly constructed, and then examines the case of Namibia
in this context. The third paper (Fernandes) documents and
assesses the recent efforts of the Brazilian federal
Ministry of Cities to develop a comprehensive approach for
regularizing title throughout that country. In the fourth
paper...
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GLOBALIZING THE INFORMAL CITY: NEOLIBERALISM AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN ACCRA, GHANA
Fonte: Quens University
Publicador: Quens University
Tipo: Tese de Doutorado
EN; EN
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#urban informality#urban neoliberalism#Accra#governmentality#African cities#rivanchims#ethnicity#city modernization
Over the last decade, and particularly the last five years, state officials in Ghana’s capital city, Accra, have intensified their resolve to ‘modernize’ the city and make it a competitive destination for global investments. In the same period, exercises by city authorities to remove or at least suppress practices of ordinary residents in the informal sector have become more frequent and intensified. Groups such as street hawkers, market women, and slum dwellers have become the main target of periodic ‘decongestion exercises’. In this dissertation I investigate how the policies and practices associated with the ‘globalizing’ and ‘modernizing’ ambition of the state intersect with the interests of the majority of urban residents whose everyday social and economic practices are concentrated in the informal sector, a sector deemed to be deleterious to the desired image for the city. I argue that contemporary city-making in Ghana is driven mainly by a combination of economic, nationalist and individual interests. In examining how cultural and social locations such as gender and ethnicity mediate the relationship between the state and residents, I demonstrate how contemporary forms of neoliberal urban governance shape, and are being shaped by...
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