ODI - ACRC

Africa’s urbanisation dynamics: A conversation with Philipp Heinrigs

Nov 30, 2022 | Commentary, Research

What opportunities does urbanisation present for people living in African cities? How much does it really contribute to the economy? And what wider advantages can it have for rural dwellers? In our latest podcast episode, Philipp Heinrigs – head of unit at the OECD –...

Urban public finance: A window onto how cities operate

Nov 21, 2022 | Commentary, Research

Crosscutting themes A number of core themes cut across different elements of the African Cities conceptual framework, including climate change, finance and gender. Due to their centrality in the political economy of urban development in Africa, these issues will be...

Can housing reform help cities deal with climate change whilst reducing poverty?

Oct 20, 2021 | News

By Hannah van Rooyen, African Cities Research Consortium digital communications officer More than 1 billion people around the world currently lack access to adequate and affordable housing – a figure expected to triple by 2030. During this period, climate-related...

Webinar: an introduction to the African Cities Research Consortium

Jan 29, 2021 | News

Catch up on our webinar introducing the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) and outlining how the Consortium and its international partners are planning to tackle complex, political and systemic problems in some of Africa’s fastest-growing urban areas. ACRC has...

New African Cities Research Consortium Announced

Oct 1, 2020 | News

Researchers from the Global Development Institute have been awarded a new research contract of £32 million to establish the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) as part of UK Aid. Led...

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