With the emphasis on market-led development initiatives, sustainable urbanization is a challenge, especially in growing nations. Regional administrative efforts

Poverty and governance are both issues high on the agenda of international agencies and governments in the South. With urban areas accounting for a steadily gro

Over the next 20 years, most low-income countries will, for the first time, become more urban than rural. Understanding demographic trends in the cities of the

The world development institutions commonly present 'urban governance' as an antidote to the so-called 'urbanisation of poverty' and 'parasitic urbanism' in Afr

The relationship between citizens and city governments is gradually transforming due to the utilization of advanced information and communication technologies i