Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development

The Somalia Urbanization Review aims to improve our understanding of the complex issues pertaining to urbanization in Somalia and identifies priority interventions that can help better manage it. There is wide consensus within the government as wel...

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Main Author: World Bank
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-350592021-04-23T14:02:15Z Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development World Bank URBAN DEVELOPMENT FRAGILITY URBAN MIGRATION URBANIZATION FORCED DISPLACEMENT INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS URBAN GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNANCE ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY LAND USE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LABOR MARKET LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT INCLUSIVE GROWTH JOB CREATION CLAN SEGREGATION GENDER BIAS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT WATER AND SANITATION URBAN TRANSIT The Somalia Urbanization Review aims to improve our understanding of the complex issues pertaining to urbanization in Somalia and identifies priority interventions that can help better manage it. There is wide consensus within the government as well as among development partners on the critical importance of urbanization for Somalia’s development. Yet there has been little comprehensive analysis that serves as a basis for a coherent urban development strategy. Previous studies have often focused on specific topics or geographic areas. Studies have also been either technical or political, but each on its own falls short of providing a full picture of the issues at hand. The Urbanization Review draws on both technical and political economy analyses to provide a better understanding of a broader range of urban issues in Somalia, and craft recommendations that are better tailored to the local contexts. The report aims to facilitate a more informed dialogue between the government, private sector, civil society, development partners, and other stakeholders on a more comprehensive urban development strategy in Somalia. This report is divided into five chapters. The first chapter looks at how cities evolved over time in Somalia. The study then discusses the key drivers of the urban migration that contributes to urbanization in second chapter. The third chapter looks at the growth patterns of cities and puts forward a typology of cities, highlighting the heterogeneity of the Somali urban context. The fourth chapter takes an in-depth look at the four sectors that are essential for a city to fulfill its core functions of governing space, people, and resources in urban governance, services, land, and local economic development. The last chapter puts forward policy recommendations on how to leverage the existing hybrid governance and non-state-led service delivery systems and improve them to make Somali cities more effective at generating economic development, better able to deliver key services to the citizenry, and more inclusive and equitable for all. 2021-01-27T17:49:17Z 2021-01-27T17:49:17Z 2021-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404161611315968667/Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35059 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Urban Study Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Somalia
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topic URBAN DEVELOPMENT
FRAGILITY
URBAN MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
URBAN GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES
SERVICE DELIVERY
LAND USE
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
LABOR MARKET
LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
JOB CREATION
CLAN SEGREGATION
GENDER BIAS
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
WATER AND SANITATION
URBAN TRANSIT
spellingShingle URBAN DEVELOPMENT
FRAGILITY
URBAN MIGRATION
URBANIZATION
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
URBAN GOVERNANCE
LOCAL GOVERNANCE
ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES
SERVICE DELIVERY
LAND USE
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
LABOR MARKET
LABOR SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
INCLUSIVE GROWTH
JOB CREATION
CLAN SEGREGATION
GENDER BIAS
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
WATER AND SANITATION
URBAN TRANSIT
World Bank
Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development
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Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
Somalia
description The Somalia Urbanization Review aims to improve our understanding of the complex issues pertaining to urbanization in Somalia and identifies priority interventions that can help better manage it. There is wide consensus within the government as well as among development partners on the critical importance of urbanization for Somalia’s development. Yet there has been little comprehensive analysis that serves as a basis for a coherent urban development strategy. Previous studies have often focused on specific topics or geographic areas. Studies have also been either technical or political, but each on its own falls short of providing a full picture of the issues at hand. The Urbanization Review draws on both technical and political economy analyses to provide a better understanding of a broader range of urban issues in Somalia, and craft recommendations that are better tailored to the local contexts. The report aims to facilitate a more informed dialogue between the government, private sector, civil society, development partners, and other stakeholders on a more comprehensive urban development strategy in Somalia. This report is divided into five chapters. The first chapter looks at how cities evolved over time in Somalia. The study then discusses the key drivers of the urban migration that contributes to urbanization in second chapter. The third chapter looks at the growth patterns of cities and puts forward a typology of cities, highlighting the heterogeneity of the Somali urban context. The fourth chapter takes an in-depth look at the four sectors that are essential for a city to fulfill its core functions of governing space, people, and resources in urban governance, services, land, and local economic development. The last chapter puts forward policy recommendations on how to leverage the existing hybrid governance and non-state-led service delivery systems and improve them to make Somali cities more effective at generating economic development, better able to deliver key services to the citizenry, and more inclusive and equitable for all.
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title Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development
title_short Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development
title_full Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development
title_fullStr Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development
title_full_unstemmed Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development
title_sort somalia urbanization review : fostering cities as anchors of development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/404161611315968667/Main-Report
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