1. 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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2. 1. URBANIZATION TRENDS
Future World Population Growth:
Overwhelmingly Urban
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3. 1. URBANIZATION TRENDS
Population Growth:
Predominantly in Cities of Poor Countries
2%
9%
18%
57%
91%
32%
50%
34%
7%
Source: UN Urbanization
Prospects 2005 3

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8. 2. URBANIZATION : Urban Challenge
• 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.
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9. 2. URBANIZATION : Implications
• 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
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10. Urbanization and Per capita Income Kenya 1960-2003
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11. Urbanization and Per Capita Income Brazil 1960-2003
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12. Urbanization - UNDP Responses
• 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 12

13. Urbanization – MoU with HABITAT
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
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14. Urbanization – Integrated LGLD Implications
• 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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15. Urbanization- Areas of focus for UNDP
• 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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16. Urbanization- Way Forward
• 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
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