More importantly, the exercise went beyond the data to find out some of the key innovations, service improvements and trends facing these cities. And, in this report, KPMG highlights some of the most impressive and impactful examples in the hope of inspiring other cities to evolve their current approach to city services.
Saskatchewan is growing – both its economy and population size have experienced an unprecedented increase over the past several years. This continued growth has placed pressure on enrolment in some existing schools.
The Saskatchewan Government is responding by building 18 new publicly owned and operated elementary schools on nine joint‐use sites in four of the province’s fastest growing communities: Martensville, Regina, Saskatoon, and Warman.
After implementing the Universal Primary Education policy for 10 years, Uganda initiated the Universal Secondary Education (USE) policy in 2007. The objective of the USE initiative was to equitably increase access to secondary education. The policy is implemented by public secondary schools as well as through a Public-Private Partnership (USE PPP) between the Ministry of Education and Sports and selected private secondary schools—mainly in sub counties without any public secondary schools.
Recurring episodes of conflict and a challenging political-economy in Lebanon have contributed to serious power shortages in the country that reduce the quality of life for Lebanese citizens, and continue to be a burden to the public budget. The Government of Lebanon (GoL) has made power sector reform a top priority and encouraged private sector participation in the process. International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), assisted Butec Group Holding S.A.L.
IFC’s Global Private Health Care Conference took place in March 2019, with a primary aim to spark discussion and drive action around the private health sector and its role in meeting critical challenges in emerging markets. The theme of the 2019 conference was Disrupting the Present, Building the Future – Embracing Innovation to Deliver Results.
Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a public instruments in which the private sector participates in the provision of infrastructure and services. It involves a contract for a private entity to deliver public infrastructure-based services. This study was conducted in Addis Ababa exhibition Center and Market Development Enterprise with the major aim of assessing the challenges and prospects of implementing of PPP in the study area.
EBRD is demonstrating new ways of financing by promoting the participation of untapped investor classes in the sector, thereby enabling the diversification of funding sources and providing depth to the Programme. EBRD is also promoting the introduction of non-conventional funding solutions to finance infrastructure projects in the Bank's region, in particular debt capital market financing.
The report focuses on four essentials that cities must get right. Urban and territorial planning, strengthening resilience to future risks, supporting the effective interplay between people and technology, and financing tools, all of which are essential to deliver sustainable smart cities in our region. With three to five future policy pathways per chapter, the report offers ways to seize these opportunities and realize sustainable urban development by 2030.
The structure of the paper is as follows. Section 2 reviews the rationale, origin and types of pooled financing in the United States, and how pooled financing relates to the overall regulatory framework for the subnational bond market in the country. Section 3 provides an overview of legal, governance, managerial and financial operation of municipal bond banks. Section 4 discusses the potential role of pooled financing in developing countries and draws lessons from the United States experience. Section 5 concludes.