Cities

<<<==Return to English version Ceci est une traduction du résumé analytique du papier, traitant le budget participatif au Cameroun, The Booklovers, the Mayors and the Citizens : participatory budgeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, publié dans sa langue originale...

This introduction to participatory budgeting examines how citizens, local mayors and a society of booklovers collaborated to establish the initiative in Yaoundé despite the weakness of democracy in the country.

Eight things you should know about participatory budgeting. Including the types of projects that can be funded, the origins of the approach and some limitations.

Edgar Pieterse argues that recasting participation as a genuine force of social transformation requires a frank assessment of power relations in cities across Africa and the world.

In Cameroon’s municipalities participatory budgeting offers an opportunity to increase the impact of very limited financial resources by aligning policymaking with pressing local needs.

On the first anniversary of the swearing-in of the devolved Nairobi County government, Edward Paice looks at progress made and the significant challenges that lie ahead.

Ahead of the launch event for “Africa’s Urban Revolution”, a new volume from Zed Books, we sat down with the book’s co-editor Susan Parnell to discuss the state of the Africa’s cities.

Les grandes villes africaines connaissent une croissance et une transformatiojn rapides. En l’absence de politiques d’aménagement appropriées, ells deviendront de plus en plus chaotiques et inefficaces et de moins en moins viables.

In this interview with Melanie Archer, Jo Beall comments on the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, explains what is unique about urban violence and dissects myths about African cities.

Hannah Gibson reviews “Africa’s Urban Revolution” and finds it to be a welcome and vital addition to a burgeoning field, presented in a highly readable and engaging manner.