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With illustrative material from Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book sets out a strategic framework for building municipal capacity to create pro-poor partnerships. It focuses on implementation rather than policy. It locates private sector participation within the broader urban governance and poverty reduction agenda.

Governments and donors are advocating the participation of poor communities in the delivery of urban services. This title offers practical guidance for municipal officials, and others working in urban development and poverty reduction, on the range of issues to be addressed in planning and managing cities with community participation.

Finance is a critical issue for municipal governments around the world, and a major constraint on the delivery of pro-poor services at the local level. This sourcebook provides a framework for analysing municipal finance capacity and ways of addressing financial constraints. It identifies a framework for diagnosing municipal finance capacity.