DOCSLIB.ORG

Habitat III & African Cities Growth

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Habitat III & African Cities Growth THE NEW MAGAZINE OF UCLG-A No 2/2016 AfDB's Dr Frannie Léautier on: Habitat III & African CITies growth The road to Quito South africa's dramatic Local elections COP22 Preparations RSA: R45.00 - VAT inclusive FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi PUBLISHER #02 Tomás Paquete THE NEW MAGAZINE OF UCLG-A [email protected] ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Elisée Marie [email protected] Africa looking forward EDITORIAL Editor to Habitat III at quito Kerry Dimmer [email protected] CORRESPONDENTS João Rosário Paa Swanzy Mpinane Senkane Kabelo Sennah Dianne Tipping-Woods Linda Cilliers Catherine Nambi Mildred Terese Issek SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Mariam Lady Yunusa Jacqueline Moustache-Belle Dr. António Gameiro Layout Directions +27 11 7921930 Sales Manager / 123RF Stock Photo</a> Copyright: ’http://www.123rf.com/profile_pxhidalgo’>pxhidalgo Edvaldo Naval | [email protected] Printer Foreword UNCDF Paarl Media Novus Holdings 5 Jean Pierre Elong Mbassi 42 The Bond issue 15 Jan Van Riebeeck Drive Paarl, 7646, South Africa Celebrating our cities Botswana infrastructure 6 Maputo 46 Delivering water Habitat III Infrastructure development African Cities is published by Markets of Africa Ltd on behalf of UCLG-A 8 Africa’s road to Quito 49 Monopoly for real UCLG-A 22, rue Essaadyine Cover story Kampala Hassan, Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco T: + 212 537 26 00 62 / + 212 537 26 00 63 12 Rapid pace of urbanisation 54 Kampala shows the way F: + 212 537 26 00 60 W: www.uclga.org Interview with Dr Frannie Léautier Angola UCLG 56 Urban and habitat challenges 17 Voice of the islands co-President of UCLG, Energy Jacqueline Moustache-Belle 59 Energy catastrophe or energy- secure futures? All correspondence and advertising enquiries should be Accra addressed to 22 Attractive real estate investment hub COP22 Markets of Africa 65 Ready and united for Marrakesh Suite 25 81, Lee High Rd Local Elections - South Africa London, SE13 5NS, UK 27 Free, fair and hung Luanda International Airport T: +44 (0) 20 8004 5556 E: [email protected] 70 We have lift-off W: www.markets-africa.com Cape Town All material is strictly copyright and all rights are reserved. 32 Municipal Management Best PPP’s No part of this publication maybe reproduced in whole or Practices 72 Opportunity or risk? in part without written permission of the copyright holder. While every effort is made to ensure all data is correct at the time of publication, UCLG-A cannot be responsible for Cities Alliance 7th Africities editorial errors. Opinions expressed in African Cities are not necessarily those of UCLG-A and UCLG-A does not 37 Africa’s cities need strategies 73 Africities influence accept responsibility for advertising content. Any pictures or transparencies supplied are at the owner’s risk. 3 AFRICAN CITIES #02 African cities and local governments: this magazine is important JEAN PIERRE Elong MBASSI Secretary GENERAL, UCLG-A The global agendas negotiated by the no choice but to innovate, exchange practices; and to voice concerns should international community in the course notes, and engage in order to build implementation processes be delayed of 2015 and 2016 have confirmed a better life for all on the continent. or derailed from expected trajectories. the obvious: cities and territories are the places where the fight against At this historical juncture, a number The African cities magazine is intended to poverty and inequality will be won or of agendas have been, or are being, put African local and regional authorities lost; where the fight against global adopted by the international community: on the map so that their positions count warming and for low carbon societies the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable in the definition of development and will be won or lost; and where the fight Development Goals (SDGs); the Paris cooperation policies and strategies in for sustainable and resilient cities and Agreement on Climate Change; Africa and worldwide. It provides a human settlements will be won or lost. and the forthcoming New Urban comprehensive base for those who wish Agenda that will be signed in Quito, to work and partner with African local This centrality of cities and territories in Ecuador at the Habitat III conference. and regional governments. It is intended shaping the future of humanity puts a to be the rallying space for those who huge responsibility on local and regional These are agendas that will shape care about leaving no one behind. authorities that are compelled to adopt international relations in the field of innovative approaches to governance, development and cooperation for the next African cities magazine also provides a service delivery, and technologies. It is three decades. For these agendas to have conduit for those interested in reinventing such innovation that will enable them a meaningful and tangible impact on a world of solidarity, and in providing to cope with the requirements of the people on the ground, local and regional a better life for all; a world of viable, emerging new world, in which, for the authorities roles should be prominent sustainable and resilient cities and first time in history and from now on, the and recognised, as they are the ones best territories where all can contribute share of urban dwellers will surpass that placed given their closeness to citizens, and participate, as well as be able to of the populations living in rural areas. to ensure the implementation of such monitor and evaluate public policies. agendas within populations at grassroots. This global trend is even more African cities magazine empowers challenging in Africa where cities It is timely therefore that the UCLG-A local Africa to mark its presence, will have to accommodate, in the leadership is ensuring that African local own and build its future. next 20/30 years, the equivalent of and regional authorities are provided today’s entire continental population with an appropriate communication This magazine is the responsibility of its at 1.2-billion people. This is almost platform, the African cities magazine, prime target audience, those being the the entire 2015 population of China, in order to demonstrate the activities local and regional authorities of Africa and three times the population of the USA, they are undertaking pertaining to their partners. It is they that will keep this and four times the population of the the implementation of these global magazine alive and motivate its constant European Union. African local and agendas; to share lessons learnt from improvement. Their presence, inputs, regional authorities therefore have their experiences be those poor or best and contributions are highly welcome. • 5 Celebrating and honouring our african cities MAPUTO 6 MOZAMBIQUE AFRICAN CITIES #01 62 AFRICAN CITIES #02 BY: MARIAM LADY YUNUSA Recently RETIRED FROM UN Habitat AS Director OF PARNERSHIPS AND Manager OF THE AFRICAN URBAN Agenda Africa is ready for Quito – not in 54 disparate entities, but as one block, with a common position, with one voice. It is indeed cause for celebration and expectant jubilation. Africa's road to quito The mail came in from one of the two African Members of the Habitat III Bureau who was coordinating Africa’s position at the negotiations on the New with one voice. It is indeed cause for focus but they set the stage for global Urban Agenda. “We have a document celebration and expectant jubilation. awareness and regional policy debates. on which we are all agreed.” The relief The urbanisation phenomenon was not that followed was palpable among all the Why is this such a milestone? Although associated with Africa and some parts of African diplomats, professionals, experts, a new mandate for the United Nations Asia, which were considered rural. government focal points, and partner Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) networks who have toiled for over two was derived to support and monitor the During the Habitat I and Habitat II years to build up Africa’s position on implementation of the Habitat Agenda Conferences, Africa’s participation was Habitat III. Their joy was infectious even adopted at the Istanbul Conference, hardly relevant. The continent was still across the airwaves. Africa is ready for and approved by all regions of the basically rural and participated as a Quito – not in 54 disparate entities, but world, both the Vancouver and Istanbul continent that neither accepted that it as one block, with a common position, conferences had no regional or sectoral needed to worry about human settlements 8 The last two decades have seen a marked increase in Africa’s economic growth and productivity and with it a rise in the multiple challenges of rapid urbanisation and the growth of cities and human settlements. The consequent growing appreciation that it is impossible to deal with Africa’s growth and poverty challenges without managing urbanisation has provoked the establishment of the African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD). Over a period of 10 years (2005-2015) they met in different cities of Africa bi-annually, discussing a wide range of themes on urbanisation. At its 4th meeting in Nairobi in 2012, the Ministers took a decision to “maximise the urban advantage”. This decision stood on four pillars: develop a transformative national urban policy; create a more compact city at human scale; undertake institutional and legal reforms and learning to do things together. At its session in Ndjamena, the AMCHUD took a decision to advance partnership (learning to do things together) as the mechanism for preparing Africa for the upcoming Habitat III. In appreciation of the daunting challenge of building a consensus on urbanisation to reach a broad understanding of the common issues that confront the African continent, and as a response to the need for an early preparation and to have a unified voice for Africa at Habitat III, a group of African Member States took up the challenge and provided financial and technical support to facilitate country level preparations as well as support consultations required for forging a common position that has been achieved as a product of the national Africa's road to quito reports.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Urban Services and Technology
    URBAN SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY PAPER 9: URBAN SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY HABITAT III - 2016 © 2017 United Nations All rights reserved worldwide The Habitat III Policy Units and Papers were coordinated by the Habitat III Secretariat. The work was led by the team comprised of Ana B. Moreno, Wataru Kawasaki, Irwin Gabriel Lopez, Laura Bullon-Cassis, and Dennis Mwamati. Gratitude should also be expressed to the rest of the Habitat III Secretariat, the interns and volunteers who supported this process. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its officials or Member States. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or regarding its economic system or degree of development. References to names, firms, commercial products, and processes does not imply their endorsement by the United Nations, and a failure to mention a particular firm, commercial product, or process is not a sign of disapproval. Links contained in the present publication, are provided for the convenience of the reader and are correct at the time of issue. The United Nations takes no responsibility for the continued accuracy of that information or for the content of any external website. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of information contained in this publication, please refer to the official document, A/CONF.226/PC.3/22.
    [Show full text]
  • An Analysis of the Construction of African Consciousness in Contemporary South African History Textbooks
    AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF AFRICAN CONSCIOUSNESS IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS BY MARSHALL TAMUKA MAPOSA Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (History Education) At the University of KwaZulu-Natal 2014 SUPERVISOR: PROF. J. M. WASSERMANN i DECLARATION I ................................................................................ declare that (i) The research reported in this dissertation, except where otherwise indicated, is my original work. (ii) This dissertation has not been submitted for any degree or examination at any other university. (iii) This dissertation does not contain other persons’ data, pictures, graphs or other information, unless specifically acknowledged as being sourced from other persons. (iv) This dissertation does not contain other persons’ writing, unless specifically acknowledged as being sourced from other researchers. Where other written sources have been quoted, then: a) their words have been re-written but the general information attributed to them has been referenced; b) where their exact words have been used, their writing has been placed inside quotation marks, and referenced. (v) Where I have reproduced a publication of which I am an author, co-author or editor, I have indicated in detail which part of the publication was actually written by myself alone and have fully referenced such publications. (vi) This dissertation does not contain text, graphics or tables copied and pasted from the Internet, unless specifically acknowledged, and the source being detailed in the dissertation and in the References sections. Student: Supervisor: ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I firstly give thanks to God for the strength to initiate and pull through this project. I sincerely thank my supervisor and mentor, Professor Johan Wassermann, for all the support that he has offered me from the time we first met, and for standing by me throughout my studies.
    [Show full text]
  • Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 23 March 2016
    United Nations E/2016/54 Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 23 March 2016 Original: English 2016 session 24 July 2015-27 July 2016 Agenda item 18 (d) Economic and environmental questions: human settlements Coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda Report of the Secretary-General Summary The present report has been prepared pursuant to paragraph 7 of Economic and Social Council resolution 2015/34. It describes the activities undertaken by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme in cooperation with other entities and organizations of the United Nations system in the coordinated implementation of the Habitat Agenda. The report concludes with four recommendations, calling upon Member States to: (a) adapt the City Prosperity Initiative as a national monitoring framework for Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets of other Goals relevant to cities and human settlements, as well as of the New Urban Agenda; (b) promote the role of local and other subnational governments in sustainable development at the local level, as reflected in paragraph 34 of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda, and in the implementation and monitoring of Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda; (c) provide support to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) contribution to the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030; and (d) consider, in formulating and implementing their urban climate change strategies, using the “Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning”, launched during the twenty- first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
    [Show full text]
  • E Earch" Development Abstracts
    A.D. E EARCH" DEVELOPMENT ABSTRACTS UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNAnONAL DEVELOPMENT [A.I.D.) Volume 9, Number 4, 1981 TN-AAA-034 FROM THE EDITOR Hunger, Applied Research, and Institutional Outreach "The challenge .,. of feeding a hungry world ... is not to devise new ways by which the United States can feed the world but how to enable others to feed themselves." -Dr. N. C. Brady Senior Assistant Administrator Bureau for'Science and Technology Agency for International Development Hunger-chronic malnutrition-affects between 450 million and not always accept the new varieties and because, even when 1 billion people each year. In 1980, the Presidential Commis'­ they do, yields are one-third less than experimental results due sion on World Hunger concluded that the most basic human to such production constraints as lack of access· to seeds, right is the right to food and recommended "the United States fertilizers, pesticides, soil amendments, water control method­ make elimination of hunger the primary focus of its relationships ologies, storage facilities, -and agricultural credit that viable with the developing countries beginning with the decade of the development institutions could ·provide. 1980's". Perseverance in research and institutional support is evi­ In a January 1981 response to the Commission, AID.'s Techni­ denced in StUdy Number 44 of IRRl's Research Paper Series. cal Program Committee for Agriculture (TPCA) proposes that This study, described in item 040 in this issue of AROA, reports hunger be eliminated by "increasing food production and findings on a new rice variety-IR42-bred to outyield the expanding purchasing power" of the hungry.
    [Show full text]
  • The Africa Union Handbook
    African Union Handbook African THE YEAR OF REFUGEES, RETURNEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa The logo for the 2019 Theme of the Year has been built around the crisis facing refugees in Africa. New Zealand is proud to once again partner with the African Union “Whereas migration is a common Commission to produce the latest version of the African Union Handbook. phenomenon as people have always relocated for various reasons, in the With new and updated information about the Union, its organs and related case of Africa, the continent is painted as a miserable place bodies, the Handbook serves as a factual and concise reference guide to all because migration is as a result of aspects of the African Union and its Commission, and remains an invaluable civil strife, poverty and a myriad of tool for anyone working with, and within, the AU system. other factors, thereby promoting the narrative that Africa cannot care for Through its ambitious integration agenda, African Union members have its people. Africa knows how to take care of its own in each regard no committed themselves to aspire to a world where international connections matter what, and many African between peoples and nations are the most powerful tools for creating countries continue to welcome and prosperous societies based on inclusive growth and sustainable development. host refugees while working to resolve the issues that caused them At a time when the need for collective global action and multilateralism has to flee their homes. never been clearer, New Zealand expresses its profound respect to the African For the 2019 Theme, an identity has Union for its commitments made under Agenda 2063 towards achieving an been developed of a mother with integrated, inclusive and united Africa.
    [Show full text]
  • Botswana North-South Carrier Water Project Field Survey
    Botswana North-South Carrier Water Project Field Survey: July 2003 1. Project Profile & Japan’s ODA Loan Angola Zambia Botswana Zimbabwe Namibia Maun Francistown Ghanzi Palapye Mamuno Maharapye South Africa Gaborone Tshabong Project location map Mmamashia Water Treatment Works 1.1 Background Botswana is a landlocked country that is situated in the Kalahari Basin on the plains of southern Africa (average altitude: approximately 900 meters); it is bordered by the Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Zambia. Its territory is generally flat and covers an area of 582 thousand square meters or approximately one-and-a-half times the size of Japan. It has a sub-tropical climate, with much of the country being arid or semi-arid. Annual rainfall averages 400mm nationwide, with southwestern regions seeing the least precipitation (250mm) and southeastern areas the most (600mm). Rainfall levels are seasonally affected and unstable. Botswana has few surface water resources in consequence of its topographical and geographical features and sources the majority of its water from groundwater fossil resources. At the time of appraisal, the water supply rate was 100 percent in urban areas centered around the capital, Gaborone, but in view of the fact that demand was growing at exponential rates, large-scale development of underground water was problematic and water resources around the capital had been developed, the country was considering water transmission from other regions. In addition, Gaborone was importing water on a regular basis from South Africa and the country harbored a long-cherished wish to develop independent national water resources. By contrast, the water supply rate in the regions was 50 percent and reliant on groundwater.
    [Show full text]
  • Promoting Equitable, Sustainable, and Productive Urbanization and Urban Communities: Our Commitment to Implementation
    Joint Statement by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Development Bank of Latin America, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the Islamic Development Bank and the World Bank Group at Quito Habitat III, United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development Promoting equitable, sustainable, and productive urbanization and urban communities: Our Commitment to Implementation 1) We, the undersigned Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) —African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the Islamic Development Bank and the World Bank Group are committed to working together to ensure that the programs we support promote a model of urban development that encourages equitable, sustainable, inclusive and productive settlements, including small rural communities, villages, market towns, intermediate cities, and metropolises. We will do so within a comprehensive view of settlements and the urbanization and urban regeneration process that centers on people and their needs, and that mitigates and adapts to climate change impacts in a proactive way. 2) We do this in the context of the development needs of our public and private sector clients in our borrowing member countries, their national housing and territorial development plans, and the Sustainable Development Goals. We already provide policy, advisory, financial, and technical support to countries, regions, and cities to help them harness the transformative forces of urbanization for positive outcomes. In line with our respective institutional mandates and governance structures, we will foster coordination between urban, regional and national development plans, strengthening planning institutions capabilities, and access to finance at all levels of government and in the private sector.
    [Show full text]
  • Steering-The-Metropolis-V20
    Steering the Metropolis Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development Editors David Gómez-Álvarez • Eduardo López-Moreno • Robin Rajack Steering the Metropolis Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development Editors David Gómez-Álvarez Eduardo López-Moreno Robin Rajack 3 Overview The publication proposed here provides state of the art scholarship on integrated approaches to metropolitan governance. The goal is to provide a variety of examples about the leading edge of effective metropolitan governance from a broad range of geographic, cross- disciplinary and thematic perspectives. A select group of scholars and experts examine current models of metropolitan governance as well as adminis- trative challenges and opportunities to achieve sustainable urban development. These examples carry different forms of innovation in areas such as planning, fnance, housing, services and citizen participation. Rationale In the last ffty years, migration, demographic changes and the transformation of land from rural to urban have provoked unprecedented rapid and expansive urbanization in different regions of the world, particularly in the Global South. In other regions from the Global North cities tend to shrink or stabilize in their populations having different gover- nance challenges. Increasingly metropolitan in character, urban expansion – and in some cases contraction - has brought to the fore a multiplicity of issues and diverse popula- tions at the intersection of different levels of governance. The spatial, legal, political, and social complexities of this phenomenon make effective metropolitan governance one of the most pressing challenges of our time in the search of sustainability. Today, it is diffcult to fnd a city of more than 500,000 inhabitants that is made only of one municipality.
    [Show full text]
  • E-Government and Democracy in Botswana: Observational and Experimental Evidence on the Effects of E-Government Usage on Political Attitudes
    A Service of Leibniz-Informationszentrum econstor Wirtschaft Leibniz Information Centre Make Your Publications Visible. zbw for Economics Bante, Jana et al. Working Paper E-government and democracy in Botswana: Observational and experimental evidence on the effects of e-government usage on political attitudes Discussion Paper, No. 16/2021 Provided in Cooperation with: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn Suggested Citation: Bante, Jana et al. (2021) : E-government and democracy in Botswana: Observational and experimental evidence on the effects of e-government usage on political attitudes, Discussion Paper, No. 16/2021, ISBN 978-3-96021-153-2, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn, http://dx.doi.org/10.23661/dp16.2021 This Version is available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/234177 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. personal and scholarly purposes. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle You are not to copy documents for public or commercial Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, If the documents have been made available under an Open gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte.
    [Show full text]
  • Zimbabwe Mobilizes ICAC’S Shift from Coup De Grâce to Cultural Coup
    dialogue Zimbabwe Mobilizes ICAC’s Shift from Coup de Grâce to Cultural Coup Ruth Simbao, Raphael Chikukwa, Jimmy Ogonga, Berry Bickle, Marie Hélène Pereira, Dulcie Abrahams Altass, Mhoze Chikowero, and N’Goné Fall To whom does Africa belong? Whose Africa are we talking about? … R S is a Professor of Art History and Visual Culture and It’s time we control our narrative, and contemporary art is a medium the National Research Foundation/Department of Science and Tech- that can lead us to do this. nology SARChI Chair in the Geopolitics and the Arts of Africa in the National Gallery of Zimbabwe () Fine Art Department at Rhodes University, South Africa. r.simbao@ ru.ac.za Especially aer having taken Zimbabwe to Venice, we needed to bring R C is the Chief Curator at the National Gallery of the world to Zimbabwe to understand the context we are working in. Zimbabwe in Harare, and has been instrumental in establishing the Raphael Chikukwa (Zvomuya b) Zimbabwe Platform at the Venice Biennale. J O is an artist and producer based in Malindi, Kenya. he International Conference on African Cultures His work interweaves between artistic practice and curatorial strate- (ICAC) was held at the National Gallery of gies, and his curatorial projects include e Mombasa Billboard Proj- Zimbabwe in Harare from September –, ect (2002, Mombasa), and Amnesia (2006-2009, Nairobi). In 2001, . Eight delegates write their reections on he founded Nairobi Arts Trust/Centre of Contemporary Art, Nairobi (CCAEA), an organization that works as a catalyst for the visual arts the importance of this Africa-based event.
    [Show full text]
  • Urbanisation and Migration in Africa
    Urbanisation and Migration in Africa Joseph Teye Centre for Migration Studies University of Ghana Expert Group Meeting, United Nations Headquarters in New York, 1-2 November, 2018 Introduction • Migration has become a topic of major focus in policy and academic circles. • One of the major outcomes of migration (Owusu, 2018). The proportion of the world population living in urban areas rose from about 30% in 1950 to 54% in 2015 and is projected to rise to 66% by 2050 (UN-DESA 2014). • Africa’s urban population has been growing at a very high rate (i.e. from about 27% in 1950 to 40% in 2015 and projected to reach 60% by 2050 (UN-DESA, 2014). • Many African governments have been discouraging rural-urban migration. • This presentation will examine the relationship between urbanization and migration in the context of sustainable development. • It is argued that despite the developmental challenges associated with migration and urban growth in Africa, they contribute to socio-economic development. Migration governance should be an integral part of urban planning and sustainable development programmes in Africa. • Remaining Presentation: African Migration Patterns; Migration and Development; Urbanisation and Migration Linkages; Impacts of Urbanisation; Concluding Remarks AFRICAN MIGRATION PATTERNS Intra-regional migration is dominant AFRICAN EMIGRANTS LIVING WITHIN AFRICA AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL STOCK OF EMIGRANTS TOTAL 53% WESTERN AFRICA 71.70% SOUTHERN AFRICA 51.70% NORTHERN AFRICA 13.20% MIDDLE AFRICA 78.80% EASTERN AFRICA 71% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% African Migration Patterns Cont. • In 2017, the main destination countries of intra-African international migrants were South Africa (2.2 million), Côte d’Ivoire (2.1 million), Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Kenya (UN-DESA, 2017).
    [Show full text]
  • ANNUAL REPORT Citiesalliance Cities Without Slums
    2003 ANNUAL REPORT CitiesAlliance Cities Without Slums TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction................................................................................2 Cities Alliance Impacts – Linkages to Investments ..................6 City Development Strategies ....................................................9 The Challenge of Scale – Nationwide Upgrading ......................19 Learning and Knowledge Sharing ............................................38 Organisation ..............................................................................42 Consultative Group ..........................................................42 Policy Advisory Board ......................................................43 Secretariat..........................................................................44 Financials ..................................................................................45 Cover: Shack fires in informal settlements are a part of daily life. Beirut squatter camp,Alexandra,Johannesburg,South Africa.2002. Photographer: Caroline Suzman© 2003. James D. Wolfensohn Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka President Executive Director The World Bank Group UN-HABITAT A Shared Vision for City Development our years ago we joined forces to launch the Cities Alliance. Our objective was to scale up the impacts of successful approaches to urban poverty reduction.This year’s Annual Report Fillustrates how the Alliance’s strategic framework is focusing the resources of its members on citywide and nationwide scales of action. Our most significant achievement
    [Show full text]