A podcast on Making Property Tax Work in Metropolitan Cities by William McCluskey

A podcast on Financing Slum Upgrading: Lessons from Experience by Mila Freire.

A podcast on Metropolitan Infrastructure and Capital Finance by Zhi Liu

A recent study conducted by the World Bank has developed a set of broad actions that cities can undertake to build resilience particularly for those at greatest risk. Judy Baker, Lead Economist in Urban Practice at the World Bank Institute discuss the studies key findings in her presentation.

Urban flooding is a serious and growing challenge, particularly for the residents of the rapidly expanding towns and cities in developing countries. Against the backdrop of demographic growth, urbanization trends and climate changes, the causes of floods are shifting and their impacts are accelerating as Abhas Jha, Lead Urban Specialist at the World Bank Institute discusses in his presentation.

What do cities need to become globally competitive? What can city leaders do to generate sustainable economic growth these are some of the issues covered. As Professor Stanley Nollen from Georgetown University discusses in his presentation.

The analysis of the economic growth of cities is no different from that of countries: High performing cities, which can serve as engines of growth are those that excel at mobilizing resources from domestic and external sources and channeling them into productive tradable activities with the greatest longer term potential as Shahid Yusuf an economic adviser for the World Bank Institute discusses in his presentation.