Urban Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The World Bank's urban infrastructure development strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean is centered on reducing urban poverty. It is essential, however, that urban poverty be understood within the broader framework of regional urban sector issues including undeveloped land and housing markets, the weak brown environment and government decentralization.
Urban sector activities are thus focused on six areas of intervention:
Upgrading Urban Areas and Improving Infrastructure striving to make towns and cities, and especially inner-city and slum areas, more livable and economically productive by providing basic services and infrastructure
Expanding Access to Housing providing investment, technical assistance and analytical work to support overall market development and enable markets to better respond to the needs of housing consumers, producers, financial institutions, local governments and the central government.
Making Cities Healthier initiatives to stabilize urban environments include: programmatic loans that based on the Municipal development model finance institutional development and local investments to improve the urban environment.
Running Cities Better given the regional wave towards government decentralization, the World Bank strives to strengthen local government capacity to assume increased administrative, planning, management and financial responsibilities while increasing government accountability and transparency.
Preventing Urban Crime and Violence strengthening community and government capacity by using effective tools to train and equip municipalities
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