Urban-rural development

  • 29 Sep 2016

    OECD Africa Forum on Cities

    Topics: 
    Development co-operation
    Urban-rural development
    SWAC: 
    SWAC
    Body: 
    Co-hosted for the first time by the OECD Development Centre and the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), the Forum was held on 29 September at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris on the topic of, “African cities for Africa’s development.” Laurent Bossard, Director of the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) moderated the debate of Session 1 on the theme, “Urbanisation: An Engine of Transformation for Africa?” Read on
  • 08 Jun 2016

    Toward a new vision of urbanisation in Africa

    Topics: 
    Culture & Society
    Demographic trends
    Infrastructure
    Urban-rural development
    Opinion: 
    Opinion
    Body: 
    In an article posted on the new OECD blog on development, "Development Matters", UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos explains why the challenges of the 21st century require a new concept of urbanisation in Africa. If African cities do not facilitate intra-city movement and do not improve their connections with rural areas, their urbanisation will not support the economic opportunities urbanisation has created elsewhere. Read on