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Delivering Inclusive Growth Through Infrastructure Programming in FCAS: Urban WASH in FCAS

This urban water and sanitation (WASH) case study covers lessons from interventions in three fragile and post-conflict states: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone and Somalia. The case study forms conclusions from these three case studies, plus additional material from Syria and Yemen, to inform what works and what commonly does not work […]

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Pakistan: Housing Ecosystem Analysis & Entry Points

The ICED Facility supported DFID Pakistan to conduct a short pre-scoping study to better understand and identify potential entry points to improve the affordable housing market in Pakistan. Engagement in the housing sector offers DFID Pakistan an opportunity to integrate programming related to poverty reduction, household financial stability, job creation, inclusion, environment, resilience, and climate […]

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Urban Handbook: Quick read guide

There is an urgent need to address development challenges related to urbanisation in Africa. While rapid urbanisation has been linked to steady economic growth and development in many countries around the world, such as in Southeast Asia, African cities are increasingly experiencing the proliferation of slums and urban poverty, and rising inequality. The rationale for […]

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Country Infrastructure Sector Diagnostics

DFID requested support from the ICED facility to develop short summaries on the status of the infrastructure in 16 countries or regions, in support of Country Development Diagnostics (CDDs). This is to ensure that the state of economic infrastructure in all DFID countries is analysed in a consistent manner. The summaries provide a strategic overview […]

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Mobilising Finance for Cities’ Water Infrastructure

On 4 April 2019, DFID hosted a session coordinated by Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) to explore mechanisms for mobilising finance for investment in urban water infrastructure. During the session, more than 15 leading development practitioners and financiers shared their viewpoints on how to achieve the goal of mobilising more than $6.7 trillion […]

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Briefing Paper: Violence against Women and Girls, Infrastructure and Cities

This paper provides a framework for how to address violence against women and girls (VAWG) through programming and policy dialogue on infrastructure and cities. It aims to support DFID advisers and programme managers to integrate VAWG as an important consideration of all urban and infrastructure programming and policy dialogue. The paper is divided into four […]

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Urbanisation in a Digital World: Opportunities and actions for governments, donors and the private sector

The digital revolution provides significant opportunities for developing countries to diversify their economies, improve sector productivity, build their human capital and enhance governance and public services. This is particularly true for cities where much of this innovation will occur. However, whilst the digital and concurrent ‘fourth industrial revolution’ have the potential to improve the lives […]

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Transportation: Making the Connections – Reaching the Opportunities

The purpose of this note is to highlight linkages between improved transport services and development.  It summarises how these are essential to individual access to opportunities, business and industrial connectivity, and economic growth at local, national and regional levels.  It considers areas of comparative advantage for DFID and the UK more widely, and concludes with […]

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Understanding cities in DFID programming

Why is understanding cities important? The world is increasingly urban, with 55% of the world’s population living in cities. DFID does a lot of programming in cities, promoting economic growth, better governance and social inclusion. However no two cities are alike, and the hugely varied socio-economic pressures and opportunities cities place on the poor. This means […]

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Urban Growth Diagnostic – Solwezi, Zambia

Solwezi is a large town, which is growing rapidly due to the recent construction of one of Zambia’s largest and most productive mine, Kansanshi. The town’s growth is expected to continue and there is a need for public investment to improve services needed by the growing private sector. 

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