Is better access key to inclusive cities? (Jeffrey Gutman, Nirav Patel, Brookings)

Nine years ago the global urban population surpassed the world’s rural population, making it clear that the fate of cities will determine our future prosperity. As enshrined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, for cities to thrive, action is needed to ensure that urban areas and human settlements are “inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.” With the October 2016 U.N. Conference on Sustainable Housing and Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador set to agree on a new global urbanization agenda for the next two decades, the time to advocate for inclusive, accessible cities is now. Achieving better physical accessibility of all households to employment, services, and commerce within cities is essential.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/is-better-access-key-to-inclusive-cities/

The US-Africa Business Forum: Key interventions for infrastructure investment (Jeffrey Gutman, Nirav Patel, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2016/09/21/the-us-africa-business-forum-key-interventions-for-infrastructure-investment/

Five years after Busan—time to raise the bar in aid transparency (Jeffrey Gutman, Brookings)

Spring has sprung and once again Publish What You Fund has issued its Aid Transparency Index (ATI). Once again most of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) receive high grades rated as very good. And once again I ask whether those grades are well deserved? At the heart of my question is whether aid agencies are disclosing sufficient information during the critical implementation stage of a project.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/future-development/posts/2016/04/28-aid-transparency-index-gutman