[Geo4All] Urbanization and the Quality of Growth in Uganda

[Dan Bwanika]

https://futurecitiesafrica.com/discussions/dmitry-pozhidaev-urbanization-and-the-quality-of-growth-in-uganda.php

Urbanization and the Quality of Growth in Uganda

Dmitry Pozhidaev is Global Advisor at UN Capital Development Fund,
he’s based in Uganda. We discuss 15 new cities that are planned for
Uganda, insights into the book: ‘Reflections on African Cities in
Transition’ and his chapter called ‘Urbanization and the Quality of
Growth in Uganda: The Challenge of Structural Transformation and
Sustainable and Inclusive Development’, emerging disruptors for
Ugandan cities and much more.

We discuss

    15 new cities planned for Uganda.
    International municipal investment fund.
    Global program with 5 UN regional economic commissions and UN-Habitat.
    Examples of cities that Uganda is learning from in terms of financing.
    Insights into the broad coverage of the book: ‘Reflections on
African Cities in Transition’
    His chapter ‘Urbanization and the Quality of Growth in Uganda: The
Challenge of Structural Transformation and Sustainable and Inclusive
Development’.
    Emerging disruptors for Ugandan cities and how they will remain
resilient and inclusive.
    Dmitry’s definition of a Smart City in the Ugandan context.
    If he had a magic wand he would change the mindsets in city
administration in Uganda. He explains the current situation and what
he would do to fix it.
    His vision of what Ugandan cities will look like in 2040.

About Dmitry Pozhidaev

Over 20 years of experience in international political affairs,
institutional building, and development finance in crisis and
post-conflict areas with the United Nations (Serbia, Kosovo,
Afghanistan, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Yemen, Uganda, Tanzania,
Somalia, Rwanda, Myanmar).

20 years of consultancy engagement in governance, peacebuilding, and
development finance with the World Bank, International Organization of
Migration, Council of Europe, DFID, UN Relief and Works Agency, Hart
Group International, Adam Smith International

Specialist in local governance and decentralization, financial sector
development, local development finance, project structuring, and
financial analysis with an experience of managing large governance,
fiscal and private sector development programs, and research in these
areas.
Source: www.linkedin.com/in/dmitry-pozhidaev-b325376/

About UN Capital Development Fund

The UN Capital Development Fund makes public and private finance work
for the poor in the world’s 47 least developed countries (LDCs).

UNCDF offers “last mile” finance models that unlock public and private
resources, especially at the domestic level, to reduce poverty and
support local economic development.

UNCDF’s financing models work through three channels: (1) inclusive
digital economies, which connects individuals, households, and small
businesses with financial eco-systems that catalyze participation in
the local economy, and provide tools to climb out of poverty and
manage financial lives; (2) local development finance, which
capacitates localities through fiscal decentralization, innovative
municipal finance, and structured project finance to drive local
economic expansion and sustainable development; and (3) investment
finance, which provides catalytic financial structuring, de-risking,
and capital deployment to drive SDG impact and domestic resource
mobilization.
https://www.uncdf.org/