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To put the worlds best knowledge and innovations in the hands of policymakers and practitioners so that they can harness urban growth for better development outcomes.

ECONOMIC
rural-to-urban transition

SOCIAL
social inclusion and mobility

ENVIRONMENT
sustainable urban growth

GOVERNANCE
accountable & financially solvent
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McKinsey Global Institute - Joint research and paper reviews

UPenn, NYU, DUSPMIT, Harvard, Columbia Knowledge Exchange seminar and Joint research activities

Leontief Center, St. Petersburg TBD

India Institute for Human Settlements, & IPS, Sri Lanka Regional events & joint research activities

Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) Joint East Asia Launch event of UrbKP; East Asia Regional Coordinator

Cisco- Knowledge Exchange Series on ICT in Urban Development

Fedesarrollo Joint Latin America and Caribbean Launch event of UrbKP; LAC Regional Coordinator

Africa Centre for Cities & Africa Planning Schools Network (for FY12)Knowledge Exchange seminar and Joint research activities

15+ GLOBAL PARTNERS 60+ COLLABORATING ORGS 7,500+ ONLINE VISITORS

Centre for Liveable CitiesCollaboration on World City Summit Brisbane City Council/APAC City Summit - Collaboration on e-library Future Cities InstituteKnowledge Creation and discussions moderator on platform

14 EVENTS IN 10 COUNTRIES
4,000 PARTICIPANTS

 Partnership building Foundational strategy and technology Translating partner commitments into action Building out knowledge and data components Informing discussions on Knowledge Bank

Goal: Facilitate tacit knowledge exchange and foster a global community of practice. Phase 2: Greater selectivity in events (incorporate lessons learned).

EAP | LAC | ECA | AFRFY11-12 S. AsiaSri Lanka, March Middle East ,N.Africamid-2012

Future of CitiesLondon (Chatham House), Feb 2012 Smart CitiesDC (World Bank), March 2012 Hidden Potential of CitiesOslo (NIKU), Apr 2012

Goal: Promote common urban indicators and access to comparable city-level data. Phase 2: Find and release data-sets. Facilitate collection of comparable data.

Enterprise Surveys Sub-national Doing Business Environmental city profiles Urban energy (Trace) benchmark data Budgets & credit ratings THIRD PARTY DATA
What else? Do you have data to share ?

MNA > ARABIA > AGRABAH PEER GROUPS: WB PROJECTS: MDG s: Development & Infrastructure Mid-East , C40 , C100
Transport | Urban

PROTOTYPE

Environment GHG emission/capita: Air pollution: PM2.5 or PM10

(report)

Global Rankings INDEX Population GDP Economics & Business UNEMPLOYMENT: DOING BUSINESS:
COMPOSITION (report) GROWTH (report)

WORLD 131 139

MNA 9 7

Green Index
11% Congestion Livable Index Citizen Feedback Satisfaction Confidence BUDGET ALLOCATION: ASSETS / LIABILITIES: STAFF: parks, public spaces, cultural / brown-field, crime, climate vuln. 62,205

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N/A 62

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N/A 3

5th (Natl) | 42nd (MNA)

ENTERPRISES:

58%
7 FIRMS
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CONSUMER

City Management & Finance

CREDIT RATING:
REVENUE: EXPENDITURE: DEBT:

A- (report)
$3,523 mil ($210/capita) $4,100 mil ($244/ capita) $8,300 mil ($290/capita)

Thematic Indicators Economy Environment Social Inclusion Governance

Goal: Co-create & share knowledge on most pressing urban issues to influence practice Phase 2: Deliver concrete products.

Rethinking Cities volume Joint products & projects (ex: McKinsey, IIHS, MIT) City Solutions e-Library
(for cities, by cities)

Jobs, innovation, and entrepreneurship

Sustainable, compact, and smart cities Slum upgrading and social inclusion

Integrated transport, landuse, and spatial planning

PRIORITY GAPS

OTHER?

Urban knowledge stock taking, mapping & curation to improve access

Word-cloud of all World Bank urban knowledge products since 2000: 628 projects, $150 million (est.)
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Best Practices Library & Data

Initiative & Program Spaces

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Event & Group Spaces

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