Cities and Just Transitions: analysing climate action at the local level
Cities are increasingly driving ambitious bottom-up action on climate change, delivering commitments to low-carbon and climate-resilient economic growth. However, there …
Urban development
Over half the world’s population is now urban and this is expected to increase to two-thirds by 2050. Projections show an additional 2.5 billion people will then live in urban areas, with more than 90% concentrated in Asia and Africa. Urbanisation has helped millions escape poverty through increased productivity, employment opportunities, and investment in infrastructure and services. However, managing the attendant social and environmental challenges of urbanisation is shaping into one of the most important development challenges of the 21st century.
We work at all stages of urban policy development, whether exploratory research, project implementation and feasibility studies, technical assistance and capacity building, or monitoring and evaluation for adaptive programming. We specialise in service delivery, urban economics, urban climate resilience, governance and institutional support, and urban social protection.
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Addressing India’s urban planning challenges: the Project Urban Living Lab
The project works on innovative approaches and solutions for sustainable cities in collaboration with the city governments, residents, policymakers, public bodies, …
Improving access to safe water and sanitation: South Asia Water Security Initiative
The project monitors innovative approaches to build water security in four communities in India and Pakistan.
Learning assessment of urban sanitation capacity building investments in India
The learning assessment will evaluate how capacities have been built and the strategies used by the TSUs to engage effectively with the government. The findings of the …
Studying the impact of a behaviour change communication intervention on faecal sludge management in urban India
While faecal sludge management is considered to be an infrastructure issue, our study highlights the demand side concerns that need to be included in the larger …
Diagnostics for faecal sludge management in poor urban areas
This two year project aims to develop tools for analyzing urban Faecal Sludge Management (FSM) markets.