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The perfect city?
Ed Glaeser on the perfect city, the demons of density and what makes cities work.
May 12
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Oliver Hanney
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Kurtis Lockhart
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Cities of opportunity, not powder kegs
Leonard Wantchekon on youth, governance and why he's hopeful for Africa's urban future.
May 5
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Oliver Hanney
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Kurtis Lockhart
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How crime captures a city
And what, if anything, policymakers can do to stop it.
Apr 28
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Oliver Hanney
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Why was Rwanda’s land reform so successful?
Broken land markets are holding back cities across Africa. But not in Rwanda, which was able to register over 10 million land parcels, and issue over 7…
Apr 21
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Oliver Hanney
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YIMBY goes global? Unlocking Africa’s housing markets
Africa needs to house nearly a billion new urban residents by 2050. Who's going to build it – and how will it be paid for?
Apr 14
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Oliver Hanney
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Kurtis Lockhart
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How can African cities fund growth?
Astrid Haas joins us to discuss why African cities are so fiscally constrained, and what reforms in Mexico, the Philippines, and Sierra Leone can teach…
Apr 7
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Oliver Hanney
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Kurtis Lockhart
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The future runs through African cities
Getting African cities right is a defining development challenge of our time.
Mar 31
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Oliver Hanney
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