The Future of African Cities ; Challenges and Priorities for Urban Development

from the Table of Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Summary; Overview of Past Experience and Recent Trends: The Evolution of Urban Projects in Francophone Africa; Recent Trends; What Should Take Priority in Future Urban Projects?: Objectives and Definitions; Project Content; Providing Basic Services; Complementary or Supporting Measures; Who Should Be the Partners?: Decentralization and the Rise of Municipal Governments; Decentralization. Goal or Opportunity?; Selecting Project Partners; Agetip Project and Urban Project; Recommendations; How Should Urban Investments Be Financed?: A Brief Historical Review; Can We Count on Local Governments?; Moving On; Adapting New Projects to the Local Context; Possible Measures; Conclusions; Implementation Tools: Aerial Photography and Urban Sketch Maps; The Urban Reference Plan; The Urban Grid; Infrastructure and Services Programming Inventory; Catalogue of Typical Municipal Facilities and Public Works; Environmental Impact Assessment Indicators for Municipal Projects; Underserviced Neighborhoods and the Agetips; Agetips. Performance Indicators; An Occupancy-Based Tax. The Urban Tax; Street Addresses and Tax Registries; Urban, Financial, and Organizational Audits; The Urban Audit Framework; The Municipal Financial Audit Framework; Municipal Contract. Contrat de ville;