This case study analyses an innovative approach in providing capacity building to municipal officials, improving financial performance practices in order to access long term capital of subnational entities. The City Creditworthiness Initiative (CCI), was created “to coordinate and integrate existing efforts, instruments, knowledge and resources by identifying the most effective solutions and implementation arrangements for subnational entities”. It is implemented by the World Bank Group in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation and the Korean Green Growth Trust Fund. In this case study ICED explores the detailed approach to designing CCI, outcomes and key success factors in delivery.
Case Study: City creditworthiness in East Africa
This work was carried out under the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) facility.
ICED supported DFID country offices, central teams and ODA-spending Other Government Departments to deliver DFID’s Economic Development Strategy by scaling up programming and investment in infrastructure and cities. It operated between February 2016 and July 2019.
