Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81004 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2013/051
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Rapid urbanization, and particularly the associated problems of urban poverty, unsustainable development and environmental degradation, pose an enormous challenge to many developing countries. In the last decade more foreign aid has been diverted to urbanization and green city development. This paper studies aid's implementation strategies and effectiveness by investigating 'what works in foreign aid on urbanization and green cities', 'what could work', and 'what is scalable and transferable in foreign aid on urbanization and green cities'. Three case studies are carried out: Tianjin City which was constructed according to a newly designed eco-city plan, Wenchuan and Beichuan which needed to be re-built after an earthquake, and Curitiba which rose from an existing city. The paper shows that a transferable and scalable aid framework which combines concerns related to poverty, environment and governance both at policy and implementation level is needed in order for aid to succeed in supporting developing countries' urbanization and green city development.
Subjects: 
developing countries
sustainability
aid effectiveness
scalable
transferable
framework
JEL: 
O1
Q1
R1
Z1
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-628-1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
662.37 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.