Working together for urban progress
The African Cities Research Consortium is a collaborative approach to tackling complex problems in the continent’s rapidly changing cities.
About the AFRICAN CITIES RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
Cities are complex, dynamic, political systems. We bring together the right people and an understanding of the political economy of individual cities to identify and address the critical challenges they are facing.
Our aim is to generate insights and evidence that will help improve the living conditions, services and life chances of all city residents, particularly for disadvantaged communities.
LATEST NEWS from ACRC
New research: Unlocking urban finance for African cities
A new working paper by Astrid RN Haas and Gundula Löffler highlights trends and lessons on municipal financing in African cities, providing a valuable overview of this crosscutting issue across ten of ACRC’s focus cities: Accra, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Harare, Lagos, Lilongwe, Maiduguri, Mogadishu and Nairobi.
Of politics and development: Stakeholder perspectives on urban reform in Lagos
As the old saying goes: all politics is local. In Lagos and elsewhere, political dynamics manifest at various levels – the committee, the community, and the city – and often shape the degree of urban transformation that is possible.
Podcast: Improving access to healthy school meals in Nairobi’s informal settlements
Veronica Mwangi joins Chris Jordan to talk about the issue of healthy diets and nutrition in African cities – particularly among children living in Nairobi’s informal settlements.
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