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The city as an accelerator of demographic transition: Urbanisation is a powerful force for lowering fertility. It promotes the education of girls and facilitates access to healthcare; it offers more employment opportunities for women; access to information and dissemination of ideas and attitudes happens faster than in rural areas; and housing is more expensive and is, therefore, less spacious. Read on

30 Nov 2016

Rural and urban populations in West Africa

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The rural population continues to grow but the urban population is catching up. Read on

20 Oct 2016

Habitat III: Affordable housing in West Africa

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The 2016 United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) was held in Quito, Ecuador, from 12-20 October. Africa’s housing issues were discussed in several workshops, and one of the panels, organised by the Ghana branch of the Affordable Housing Network, was specifically devoted to West Africa. Read on

29 Sep 2016

OECD Africa Forum on Cities

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Development co-operation

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Co-hosted for the first time by the OECD Development Centre and the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC) in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), the Forum was held on 29 September at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris on the topic of, “African cities for Africa’s development.” Laurent Bossard, Director of the Sahel and West Africa Club Secretariat (SWAC/OECD) moderated the debate of Session 1 on the theme, “Urbanisation: An Engine of Transformation for Africa?” Read on

08 Jun 2016

Toward a new vision of urbanisation in Africa

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Infrastructure

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In an article posted on the new OECD blog on development, "Development Matters", UN-Habitat Executive Director Joan Clos explains why the challenges of the 21st century require a new concept of urbanisation in Africa. If African cities do not facilitate intra-city movement and do not improve their connections with rural areas, their urbanisation will not support the economic opportunities urbanisation has created elsewhere. Read on

01 Apr 2016

Rural and urban populations are moving closer together

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