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Africa: With Integrated Planning, Africa Can Benefit From Urbanisation
UNECA, 16 November 2016
Urbanization can support industrialization, sustained economic growth, enhanced productivity and social environment if well manged. Read more »
Speaking at the launch of the "Designing and Implementing Strategies for the Building Inclusive and Sustainable Cities" project in Lusaka, Zambia, ECA Director, Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa, Said Adejumobi, noted, "If well handled, urbanization can support industrialization, sustained economic growth, enhanced productivity and a congenial human and social environment." And, "if poorly managed, "urbanization can perpetuate economic inequality, crime, violence, human rights abuses and other vices." Find out more. More on ECA in this BRIEFING.
An overview of Mathare slum, Nairobi, Kenya. "If well handled, urbanization can support industrialization, sustained economic growth, enhanced productivity and a congenial human and social environment" - Director, ECA Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa, Said Adejumobi
Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) speakers offered a plethora of insight at the 14th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development #UNCTAD14, taking place in Nairobi, K Read more »
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