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Urbanisation

Slums and gated communities

Global community must rise to challenges of rapid urban growth

Mobile telephony

Citizen participate via SMS

In Togo, some citizens use text messages to monitor their local government

Local government

Profile of Abdel Mughni Nofal

In the Palestinian territories, the Municipal Development and Lending Fund is boosting governmental accountability

International relations

“No big talks, but sharing expertise”

Local governments can work together where national governments fail

Nowadays

Nowadays: Behind the times

West Bengal's state government mistakenly considers bicycles a major traffic problem

Infrastructure

“The future of the world will be urban”

Providing services in rapidly growing cities is a challenge to local governments, especially in Africa

Deprivation

Urban poverty

IIED expert says food insecurity is increasingly becoming urban phenomenon

Traffic

Imminent gridlock

Vietnam needs to tackle urban-traffic congestion

Primary education

School for slum children

The Glory Future Model Schools shows how to motivate primary school teachers in Bangladesh

Middle East

Foundations for a new state

Municipal planning in the Palestinian Territories is increasingly tailored to citizens' needs

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