UN-Habitat and Lincoln Institute pilot a Global Municipal Database for Sustainable Urbanization (UN Habitat)

Top officials from UN-Habitat and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy signed an agreement in Mexico City this month to create a pilot for a global municipal fiscal database that will result in the reporting of fiscal data for select cities in Asia, Latin America and Africa. The signing ceremony was attended by Dr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, and George W. McCarthy, president of the Lincoln Institute, and Marco Kamiya, acting coordinator, Urban Economy and Finance Branch of UN-Habitat.

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