EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - World Bank Urban Research Symposium 2007

World Bank Urban Research Symposium 2007 – Washington, 14-16 May 2007

14-05-2007

Introduction

The Fourth Urban Research Symposium will focus on “Urban Land Use and Land Markets”, including implications for city spatial growth, efficiency and equity. The symposium will feature presentations of five commissioned survey papers on topics that have relevance for World Bank operations in Urban Development. The symposium is organised by the World Bank and some of its key partners.

Description

The conference will deal with issues in five clusters:

Cluster 1: Implications of various land market distortions on urban welfare/quality of life, particularly for the poor; and consequences of these distortions on the efficacy of bank/government interventions
luster 2: Implications of the continuum of property claims/rights and associated formalisation strategies that exist in developing country cities and access to credit, municipal infrastructure and public services
Cluster 3: Elements of good practice for public land management
Cluster 4: Institutions for urban land management and economic performance
Cluster 5: Practices and experience with public land acquisition, particularly as related to infrastructure and to urban development and redevelopment

Programme

Location

Washington, USA

Links

For more information and to register, please visit the conference website
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