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Urban Governance & Development Challenges and its implications for the

LGLD Strategy in the light of the MoU with UN Habitat

November 2012

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Future World Population Growth: Overwhelmingly Urban

1. URBANIZATION TRENDS

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Population Growth: Predominantly in Cities of Poor Countries

91%

7%

2%

9%

57%

34%

18%

32%

50%

Source: UN Urbanization Prospects 2005

1. URBANIZATION TRENDS

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• Increasing urban population• Continual migratory trend• Higher urban trend in poor countries• Development and expansion of urban slums• Urban managers are overwhelmed• Growing towns are dysfunctional • Abuse of rights especially minority• Focus on physical issues – landuse

India alone the increase in urban population exceeds U.S. population.

2. URBANIZATION : Urban Challenge

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• Growth in urban poverty• Informality grows• High level of exclusion• Inadequate public service delivery• Capacity and capabilities of urban managers

challenged• Human rights abuses (ejection)• Environmental degradation• Mounting health hazards and risk exposure

2. URBANIZATION : Implications

Urbanization and Per capita Income Kenya 1960-2003

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Urbanization and Per Capita Income Brazil 1960-2003

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• Municipal Poverty Support• Urban poverty reduction policy• Increasing household Resilience• Promoting participation in Urban Governance• Pro-poor land & housing access• Waste Management• Environmentally sound infrastructure• Urban governance assessment• Urban observatory• Capacity development for Land management• Local Economic Development • HIV/AIDS Management in urban areas

Urbanization - UNDP Responses

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i.Effective advocacy and monitoring of urban issues and partnerships

ii. Promotion of participatory urban planning, management and governance

iii. Promotion of pro-poor land and housing

iv. Environmentally sound basic urban infrastructure and services

v. Strengthened human settlement finance systems

Urbanization – MoU with HABITAT

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• Focus on the Added Value of UNDP to the Urban governance and development process

• Integrated Urban governance and development approach

• Focus on rights based approach• UNDP to focus on the pro-poor dimension • Focus on areas of impact on marginalized and

vulnerable urban groups – Youth, Women, Migrants, Indigenous groups

• Harness the varied capacity within UNDP towards urban governance

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Urbanization – Integrated LGLD Implications

Urbanization- Areas of focus for UNDP

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• Urban Policy development • Create the platform for urban actors

• Influencing perception and psychology of urban development: Spatial to Integrated – LGA, Training Institutions; Urban Advocacy groups etc.

• Capacity support to urban/city managers• Specific Capacity city initiatives:

• Response to informal dwellers• Urban security• Waste management & CC adaptation• Facilitating Local Economic Development• Urban security• Urban focused decentralized cooperation

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• Inventory of UNDP Urban initiatives• Organize existing UNDP urban initiatives into

knowledge documents • Select focus areas for integrated responses• Dialogue with UN-Habitat to define areas of emphasis

with respect to selected focus areas• Select focus countries for integrated urban

governances and development approach

• Crucial aspect is Key areas of focus for the Integrated Urban Governance and Development

Urbanization- Way Forward