TY - BOOK AU - Paulais,Thierry AU - Whittemore,Leila AU - Nolan,Suzan ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Financing Africa's cities: the imperative of local investment AV - HJ1445 .P3813 2012 U1 - 336.0146 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Agence francaise de developpement, World Bank KW - Finance, Public KW - Africa KW - Municipal finance KW - Decentralization in government KW - Economic aspects KW - Urban policy KW - Economic conditions KW - Electronic books N1 - "This book was originally published in France as Financer les villes d'Afrique : L'enjeu de l'investissement local"--Copyright page; Includes bibliographical references and index; Financing local investment: a review of fundamentals -- Urbanization and sectoral policies in context -- Decentralization, basic services and local governance -- Investment financing frameworks and new funding mechanisms -- Outlook for 2030-2050: which road map(s)? -- Case studies: 8 countries paired with their financing tools -- Results: an attempt to characterize countries and their tools; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=981595 ER -