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Financing Urban Development

Financing Africa’s Urban Future

By |June 16th 2026|

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.

Housing the World

Private Capital for Climate-Resilient Cities: How Can the Double Leap Succeed?

By |May 26th 2026|

How can rapidly growing cities provide adequate housing while becoming more climate-resilient? Birgit Pickel, Director General – Sustainable Development and Climate, BMZ discusses the role of cities, municipal partnerships and urban financing at WUF13.

Housing the World

Housing Must Work for Children

By |May 19th 2026|

Where a child grows up can shape their future. Yet housing policy rarely reflects this. Why cities must move beyond units—and start building environments where children can truly thrive. By Manish Thakre

Housing the World

Cities Within Cities: How Informal Settlements Actually Work

By |May 5th 2026|

Around 1.1 billion people live in informal settlements, yet their systems remain invisible to urban planning. Far from deficient, these neighbourhoods operate as complex resource networks. The challenge is no longer understanding them – but planning with them.

Equal Cities

Five Reasons Cities Need Gender-Sensitive Urban Planning

By |March 24th 2026|

Care work, safety, and everyday mobility shape how cities are used , yet they often remain overlooked in planning. Sina Nielsen explores why this gap matters and what a different approach could look like.

Equal Cities

Radical Feminist Urbanism: Unpacking and Re-imagining Post-Conflict Recovery and Planning

By |March 10th 2026|

Who gets to rebuild cities after war? Sagal Abas Bafo argues that post-conflict recovery must centre women’s experiences and feminist Global South perspectives to create more equal cities.

Culture in Urban Reconstruction and Recovery

When Committees Become Communities: Rebuilding Civic Culture in Syrian Cities

By |February 24th 2026|

Neighbourhood committees in Syrian cities show that recovery is not only about rebuilding infrastructure but rebuilding civic culture. What makes local governance truly sustainable after conflict? By Ghada Rifai

Culture in Urban Reconstruction and Recovery

Five Kilometres of Hope: How a Water Pipe Changed Lives in Imam Gharbi

By |February 17th 2026|

Rebuilding often starts with the details. In Imam Gharbi, a town in the Iraqi district of Qayyarah, five kilometres of water pipes were enough to improve the lives of thousands – and strengthen the social cohesion of an entire community.

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