Land-based finance in sub-Saharan African cities

1. Urban infrastructure in Sub-
Saharan Africa
Harnessing land values, housing and transport
20 July 2015
Welcome and introduction

2. 215/04/21

3. Structure of symposium
• Monday morning – introduction and overview
• SSA urban development context
• Conceptual framework for project and key success factors
• Over view of African Land and Infrastructure City Scan (‘ALICS’)
• Monday afternoon – city experiences with LBF
• international experience
• functional institutions
• financing urban infrastructure
• the role of planning
• Tuesday morning – foundations for effective LBF
• country experiences – Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and West & Central countries
• Housing and public transport
• mega projects
• funding infrastructure for the poor
• Tuesday afternoon
• Summary of proposals to DfID

4. End
Urban infrastructure in Sub-
Saharan Africa – harnessing land
values, housing and transport