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The Value of Well-Managed Cities in USAID Programs Anthony Kolb USAID Urban Health Advisor ICMA Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 19 September 2011 My talking points Evolution of USAID’s urban programming Current priorities (GCC, FtF, GHI) How can USAID benefit from ICMA expertise? USAID Regional Urban Development Offices (RUDOs) Circa 2000 RUDO/E&E (Sofia) Slated for early 2001 Albania, Romania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Croatia, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine Staff: 2 (1 USDH, 1 FSN) USAID Office of Infrastructure and Engineering RUDO/Morocco (Rabat) RUDO/LAC (GuatemalaEnergy City) Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Dominican Republic Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador Staff: 6 (2 USDH, 3 FSNs, 1 PSC) Morocco Egypt, Jordan, West Bank/Gaza Staff: 2 (1 USDH, 1 FSN) Information Communication Technology (ICT) RUDO/Southeast Asia (Jakarta) Urban Programs RUDO/South Asia (New Delhi) India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal Staff: 5 (2 USDH, 3 FSNs) 5 person team in Washington RUDO/Southern Africa (Pretoria) Red: Active Countries Green: Potential Countries South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia Botswana, Mozambique, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria Staff: 5 (3 USDH, 2 FSNs) Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines Mongolia, Cambodia Staff: 4 (2 USDH, 2 FSNs) Engineering Services Direction moving forward What has been suggested: a) Better integrate sectoral programs across the urban landscape b) Seek synergies among assistance programs Key Foreign Assistance Initiatives • Global Climate Change (GCC) • Feed the Future (FtF) • Global Health Initiative (GHI) Global Climate Change (GCC) Adaptation Costs - largely urban Sector Agriculture, forestry, fisheries Water supply Human health Coastal zones Infrastructure Extreme events Total 2005 Constant Prices, 0% Discounting Source: World Bank Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change ($ billions) Climate Scenarios DRY WET 2.5 2.6 19.7 14.4 1.5 2.0 27.6 28.5 13.0 27.5 6.4 6.7 71.2 81.5 Feed the Future (FfF) 1) Improved Food Markets Expanding access to larger and better functioning regional markets – making the Rural-Urban connection Feed the Future (FtF) 2) Nutrition of Vulnerable Groups • Urban poor lack subsistence safety net • Most vulnerable to global price spikes Global Health Initiative (GHI) Urban Poor = The fastest growing demographic Sanitation 140 120 121 109 100 74 80 69 60 55 60 40 20 0 IMR % Underweight % Stunted Infant Mortality and Nutrition: Poorest Quintiles in India ‘92-‘93 Source: Socio-Economic Differences in Health, Nutrition, and Population, The World Bank, 2000 Urban Rural Global Health Initiative (GHI) One billion urban dwellers lack safe water and sanitation and we’re losing ground! Region Water Sanitation How has ICMA already helped? My firsthand experience… Moving forward • Good governance is key to all initiatives Hoping for continued “Teaming” success • In a rapidly urbanizing world – improved city governance is especially …with critical ICMA • In that world, North American urban challenges start to look a lot like common global challenges City Partnerships Kabul, Afghanistan Rioverde, Mexico and Campbell, California Good governance at the core