TY - BOOK ID - 11280361 TI - Financing Africa's cities : the imperative of local investment AU - Paulais, Thierry. AU - Whittemore, Leila. AU - Nolan, Suzan. AU - Agence française de développement. PY - 2012 SN - 082139455X 9786613808790 0821389483 1282165720 PB - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Community development, Urban -- South Africa. KW - Municipal government -- South Africa. KW - Urban policy -- South Africa. KW - Urbanization -- South Africa. KW - Finance, Public KW - Municipal finance KW - Decentralization in government KW - Urban policy KW - Political Science KW - Law, Politics & Government KW - Public Finance KW - Economic aspects KW - Africa KW - Economic conditions. KW - Cities and state KW - Urban problems KW - Centralization in government KW - Devolution in government KW - Government centralization KW - Government decentralization KW - Government devolution KW - Finance, Municipal KW - Cameralistics KW - Public finance KW - City and town life KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - Sociology, Urban KW - City planning KW - Urban renewal KW - Political science KW - Central-local government relations KW - Federal government KW - Local government KW - Public administration KW - Local finance KW - Currency question KW - Public finances UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:11280361 AB - This volume addresses the issues of financing urban growth of the African continent -- which has the highest urban growth rate on the planet -- in the next decades. Considerable investment will be needed to sustain this level of growth and to clear up accumulated backlogs. At the same time, decentralization has resulted in increased responsibilities for local government; but in most cases, institutional reforms were carried out without the transfer of a sufficient level of resources, and local capacities in governance and project management are weak.Which mechanisms will finance these extensiv ER -