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dc.contributor.authorBurns, Danny
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-24T18:40:46Z
dc.date.available2014-03-24T18:40:46Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationBurns, D (2011) 'Global Dialogue Report Urbanisation: Delhi consultation' The Bellagio Initiative, IDS: Brightonen_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/3669
dc.description.abstractUrbanisation is growing at a rapid pace. It is driven by changing agricultural practices, the inability of people to sustain livelihoods in the face of climate change, people fleeing from conflict, etc. It will be but a matter of decades before the majority of the very poor live in cities. However this rapid transformation of the landscape of poverty is neither reflected in the international development agenda, nor in that of philanthropic giving. Thus it represents both a pressing need and a major opportunity. The urgent issues at a personal level are security and ensuring that social networks are not destroyed through development. The urgent issues at a societal level are failures of governance, planning and taxation, and at the interface between them there are fundamental and unresolved issues about how the infrastructure development which accompanies economic growth displaces poor people and creates further inequality. The key issues for philanthropists are listed below. How can we put urban issues higher up the philanthropic agenda? Rural issues have been articulated in a way that elicits giving, but urban issues much less so. Is it possible to develop a more strategic and long-term approach to investment – with funding targeted at core issues such as governance failures as well as more ‘glamorous’ projects? If governments are driven by short-term results as a result of electoral cycles etc., is there a role for philanthropists to develop innovative pilots and take greater risks? Can philanthropists develop a greater profile in campaigning and advocacy – well developed in the US but not in Africa and Asia?en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Rockerfeller Foundationen_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherBellagio Initiativeen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectGlobalisationen_GB
dc.subjectMigrationen_GB
dc.subjectMillennium Development Goalsen_GB
dc.subjectPopulationen_GB
dc.titleGlobal Dialogue Report, Urbanisation: Delhi consultationen_GB
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)en_GB
dc.rights.holderIDS, The Rockerfeller Foundation and The Resource Allianceen_GB


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