Cities Alliance Project Output

Presentation: Urban Law and the World Bank

Urban Planning Education and Applied Research in Sub-Saharan

Africa

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This project output was created with Cities Alliance grant funding.

Matt Glasser Bellagio July 2012

World Bank has many urban specialists (planners, engineers)

World Bank has many lawyers, none of whom are urban specialists

Almost no intersection between urban folks and legal folks

Result is relatively little thinking at the Bank on urban law

Land ownership: ◦ slum upgrading and urban infrastructure

projects ◦ attempts to support both formal and

“informal” recording/registration systems ◦ safeguard policies protect “informal”

occupants/users, to occasional distress of borrowers

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◦ Land use: Bank has supported master plan

preparation, but not always wisely (DSM example of PSD project)

◦ Service delivery Bank has supported legislation and

contracts for PPPs and corporatization Bank has also financed municipally

operated services

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◦ Revenues to support development “Value capture” / impact and development charge,

and development obligations – analytical work Property rates (popular element of most projects) Other urban taxes (Bank has been on both sides) ◦ Financial management Budget formulation Asset control, including Expenditure control Revenue collection Audits and transparency

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◦ Role of the council and mayor: policy formulation oversight of administration Conflicts of interest ◦ Role of the town clerk /city manager /staff ◦ Roles of advisory and other committees and

entities ◦ Interface between council, staff and other

structures Licensing and regulatory mechanisms Procurement of goods and services

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◦ WB started off as an infrastructure Bank ◦ Then when infrastructure did not work as

expected, Bank moved to development policy approach: somewhat more successful, but bargaining for reform is a flawed model ◦ Now P4R and empowering societies with

knowledge to support internal debates.

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◦ Role of knowledge in democratizing development ◦ Problems of measuring impact of

knowledge? ◦ Knowledge Platforms Urbanization Knowledge Platform – one

of six supported by KLC to the tune of $500 K per year for three years. LJD platform –supported by other

contributors

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Key Achievements •15+ regional dialog events in four Bank regions in early-FY12 • Creation of the “Partnership for Sustainable Cities” to promote “smart city” and “smart climate” opportunities for cities in low and middle-income countries. • Creation of the Asia-Pacific City solutions e-library to allow city governments to share and exchange policy innovations and best practices in audio visual format. Next Steps • Consolidation of partnerships, convening global events and addressing knowledge gaps in areas of data and statistics.

Generating Innovative Legal Solutions to Development Challenges

a structured partnership, built on a broad network of development partners such as:

- Other International Financial Institutions

- International Organizations, Central Banks

- Government agencies, judiciaries

-Universities, think-tanks and civil society organizations.

Partners will Facilitate public access to law and development knowledge Provide inputs for new

regulations/legislations Improve existing regulations/legislations Provide innovative legal solutions for

cross-cutting issues

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December 10-14:

Law, Justice and Development Week 2012 ◦ formal launch of the GFLJD; ◦ dedicated sessions of each TWG; ◦meeting of the Interim Steering Committee.

GFLD LAUNCH

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TIMELINESS (Duration)

QUANTITY

COST

QUALITY

IMPACT

COST

Quantitative / Objective measures • Can measure these now • New systems will allow better

and faster measurement

Qualitative / Subjective measures • Implementing systematic

measurement of Quality and Impact is priority for the Bank

SELF ASSESSMENT

CLIENT FEEDBACK EVALUATION

RESULTS

By Whom? •Governments, CSOs, academia (and Bank staff for internal products)

How? At completion a simple electronic survey will be sent to client. (addressing quality and impact.)

By Whom? • IEG under discussion •options will be explored with KLC

How? Ex-post focused on longer-term impact

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Sector / network assesses: •Technical rigor •Mobilization of global expertise

Country office / region assesses: •Client engagement •Strategic relevance

Measuring results requires parallel approaches, triangulation