Urban infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa

Harnessing land values, housing and transport

20 July 2015

Welcome and introduction

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Structure of symposium

• Monday morning – introduction and overview• SSA urban development context

• Conceptual framework for project and key success factors

• Over view of African Land and Infrastructure City Scan (‘ALICS’)

• Monday afternoon – city experiences with LBF• international experience

• functional institutions

• financing urban infrastructure

• the role of planning

• Tuesday morning – foundations for effective LBF• country experiences – Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and West & Central countries

• Housing and public transport

• mega projects

• funding infrastructure for the poor

• Tuesday afternoon• Summary of proposals to DfID

End

Urban infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa – harnessing land

values, housing and transport