World Urban Campaign : A PRODUCTIVE CITY

Make cities more efficient and better places to ensure decent work
Cities' ability to create decent jobs depends to a large extent on economic growth. Adequate investments in urban infrastructure and basic services, removing inappropriate and unnecessary regulations on businesses, adequate investments in education, skills development and improving technical and financial efficiency of urban authorities are key to enhancing urban productivity and thereby achieving economic growth and decent jobs for all.

WHAT WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN PARTNERS DO TOWARDS A PRODUCTIVE CITY

Good Practices

Learn here about good practices and actions towards a productive city.

Enabling Legislation

Learn here about legislation towards a productive city.

Tools and Methods

Learn here about tools and methods that enable urban policy-makers and practitioners to better plan, build, manage and measure impacts towards a productive city.

Good Policies

Learn here about good policies that have shown successful results at the national, regional and city levels and enabled decision-makers to tackle urban challenges and deliver positive change to citizens towards a productive city.

Urban areas account for 55% of the GDP in low-income countries, 73% in middle-income countries and 85% in high-income countries.
The financial crisis in 2008 pushed 215 million workers into poverty.
US1 billion spent on infrastructure projects can generate 28,000 jobs in developed countries, 200,000 jobs in Latin America and 500,000 jobs in labour-intensive projects.
US$1 investment in infrastructure produces US$1.92 worth of economic output (GDP) in the short-run and US$3.21 in the long-run.
The cost of transporting goods in Africa is the highest in the world.
In Africa, the informal economy workforce accounts for 78 percent of non-agricultural employment, 93 percent of all new jobs created, and 61 percent of urbanemployment.
Only 25 percent of Africans have access to electricity.

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