One of the main challenges for our cities is obtaining sufficient financial resources to adequately provide their public services. Over the last few months we have been sharing several alternatives, such as strengthening fiscal capacity, diversifying funding sources, attracting private sector investment or improving the planning and execution of projects to promote … [Read more...] about Why are real estate funds a good alternative for financing urban renewal projects?
Urban economics
Being the main engine of economic and social development in the region, the cities of Latin America and the Caribbean are becoming increasingly metropolitan areas that concentrate population, services and infrastructure, and therefore multiple challenges such as climate and social. How to strengthen the economies and finances of cities? Learn more by reading our blog and downloading this publication.
Urban Food Security: where should wholesale markets be located?
Markets have been, since their creation, the epicenter of city life. They are places where goods are exchanged, where people meet, but above all, they are the places that make food security possible in our cities. Markets, as we know them today, date back to the 19th century. They are the result of the predominant urban planning ideas of that period, which advocated … [Read more...] about Urban Food Security: where should wholesale markets be located?
Proposals for Implementing Transit-Oriented Development in Lima
First steps for the implementation of land management instruments in Peru The sustainable development of cities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has a base on Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). Still don't know what TOD is? Don't worry, in this blog we explain the concept, and show you how in Peru, with the support of the IDB, the first steps are being taken to … [Read more...] about Proposals for Implementing Transit-Oriented Development in Lima
What are the benefits of Transfer of Development Rights?
There are many ways to preserve heritage neighborhoods or ecological spaces in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) cities. Nevertheless, when the owners of the buildings or plots can get an additional benefit for it, it means that the conservation tool we are using is the transfer of development rights (TDR).In today's article we invite you to learn how TDR works and why it is a … [Read more...] about What are the benefits of Transfer of Development Rights?
IDB Mayors Forum: How to finance the sustainable development of cities?
Our region is the most urbanized in the developing world, concentrating close to 6.4% of the global population. Eight out of every ten people in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) live in cities, and data indicate that the urban population will continue to grow in the coming decades, reaching 85% by 2050. This means that municipal governments must prepare to respond to the … [Read more...] about IDB Mayors Forum: How to finance the sustainable development of cities?