Thursday, June 7, 2007
9:00am-1:00pm
The combined effects of urbanization and population growth mean that an increasing number of cities in the developing world cover multiple jurisdictions. Since 1975, the number of cities with populations of one million or more has more than doubled, with cities of ten million or more the fastest growing category. Financing and managing services for these large cities with rapidly expanding physical and economic boundaries poses a number of practical and technical challenges that are of interest to both the local and national governments of many World Bank clients.
This workshop: reviewed experience with handling a set of recurring metropolitan issues across a range of countries, examined an example of operational experience on addressing these issues in Pakistan, and discussed an emerging issue of managing animal waste management in large metro areas where large factory farms are increasingly operating in peri-urban areas.
Opening Remarks and Chaired by:
Jack Stein, Sector Manager, Urban and Water Unit, LAC , World Bank
Overview of Experience with Managing the Coordination of Service Delivery and the Financing of Services in Metropolitan Cities
Enid Slack, Director, Institute of Municipal Finance and Governance, Toronto
Presentation
Operational Focus: Metro Management and Transport Issues in a DPL for Lahore, Pakistan
Discussant: Peter Ellis, Senior Urban Economist, South Asia, World Bank
Ke Fang, Urban Transport Specialist, South Asia, World Bank
Presentation
The Growing Phenomena of Peri-Urban Industrial-Scale Livestock Production: Environmental and Health Externalities for Intergovernmental Consideration
Sandra Cointreau, Solid Waste Management Advisor, World Bank
Presentation
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