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Municipal Finance Turkey and Central Asia
Migratory Flows and Remittances Latin America and the Caribbean
Microfinance Middle East and North Africa
Local Authority-Driven Interventions to Improve the Lives of Slum Dwellers, Global Urban Development Magazine. Abridged version Task Force 8 report. Mona Serageldin, Elda Solloso, Luis Valenzuela. The report was released in the March 2006 volume of Global Urban Development Magazine.
Millenium Project Task Force 8 Interim Report on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers
Local Authority-Driven Interventions to Improve the Lives of Slum Dwellers. Background paper for Millennium Project Task Force 8. Mona Serageldin, Elda Solloso, Luis Valenzuela. October 2003.
Municipal Finance
Municipal Finance of Urban Development. This report was prepared as a background paper for the UNHabitat Global Report 2005. Excerpts from the paper were included as Chapter 3 of the Global Report. The full paper will be published by UN-Habitat as a publication entitled “Financing Urban Development: Recent Global Trends” to be released in 2008. Mona Serageldin, David Jones, François Vigier, Elda Sollos. Shannon Bassett
Municipal Finance: Conditions and Trends. Background paper for UN Habitat Global Report on Human Settlements, 2005. Mona Serageldin, David Jones, François Vigier, Elda Solloso. March 2005.
Participatory Budgeting in Brazil. Report prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank. Mona Serageldin, John Driscoll, Liz Meléndez San Miguel, Luis Valenzuela, Consuelo Bravo, Elda Solloso, Clara Solá-Morales, Thomas Watkins. 2003.
Historical Database of the Old City of Jerusalem. François Vigier, Maria-Luisa Mansfeld, Daniel Tsai. Ongoing.
Kars Municipality Institutional Assessment (Turkey). Report prepared for the Christensen Foundation. Mona Serageldin, Samir Abdulac, Yves Cabannes, Mustafa Gönen, Elda Solloso, Christa Lee-Chuvala. October 2005.
Diagnostic Summary: Historic Center of Mexico City. Report prepared for the Historic Center Foundation of Mexico City. François Vigier, Liz Meléndez San Miguel, Luis Valenzuela, Elda Solloso. June 2003.
Migratory Flows and Remittances
Migratory Flows and Social Inclusion in Central America. Report prepared for the Swedish International Development Agency. Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso. September 2005.
Migratory Flows, Poverty, and Social Inclusion in Latin America. Report presented at the World Urban Research Symposium. Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso, Luis Valenzuela. February 2004.
Housing Microfinance Initiatives: Synthesis and Regional Summary. Report prepared in conjunction with Development Alternatives, Inc. for USAID. Mona Serageldin, John Driscoll, Sameh Wahba, Christine Williams, Graciela Fortin Magana, Christopher Rogers, Kim Wilson, Edith Griffin, Rebecca Cutter. May 2000.
2008 State of the African Cities Report. Chapter on North African cities was prepared by Mona Serageldin, François Vigier, Christa Lee-Chuvala, and Erick Guerra for UN HABITAT. August 2008.
Review of the South African Government's Grant-Funded Municipal Infrastructure Program (1999)
Kars Year One Progress Report: Strategies for Sustainable Development. Report prepared for the Christensen Foundation. Mona Serageldin, Ali Kural, Burhan Ipek and Christa Lee-Chuvala. September, 2007.
Kars Municipality Institutional Assessment (Turkey). Report prepared for the Christensen Foundation. Mona Serageldin, Samir Abdulac, Yves Cabannes, Mustafa Gönen, Elda Solloso, Christa Lee-Chuvala. October 2005.
Rural Restructuring: Local Sustainable Solutions to the Rural Challenge. Undertaken by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) with funding by the Higher Education Authority (HEA), the report details the need for a focused approach to rural development that harnesses local assets and potentiality through joined up collaboration. June 2009.
The Newry-Dundalk Twin City Region. Published by ICLRD, this report brings together recent and current research on how to realise the benefits of cross-border collaboration in the Newry-Dundalk Sub Region through integrated planning and development strategies. February 2009.
Fostering Mutual Benefits in Cross-Border Areas: The Challenges and Opportunities in Connecting Irish Border Towns and Villages. This action-oriented research programme focuses on five Irish cross-border areas covering towns and villages of varying sizes with different functional roles in the settlement hierarchy. November 2008.
Ireland: Spatial Strategies on the Island of Ireland: Development of a Framework for Collaborative Action. Report prepared with ICLRD for InterTradeIreland outlining the strategic framework for North/South planning and infrastructure collaboration on the island of Ireland.
Romania Local Governance Bridge Program. Report prepared under ARD with USAID funding for the Association of Romanian Municipal Chief Architects and the Ploiesti Metropolitan Area. John Driscoll, Liviu Ianasi. 2005.
Report on Cooperation and Capacity Building for Promoting Cultural, Natural, and Built Heritage in Transylvania. Report prepared for the Mihai Eminescu Trust and GAIA Heritage (SAL). John Driscoll, Liviu Ianasi, Andrei Luncan, Luis Valenzuela, Hannah Fischer-Baum, Cody Thornton. September 2004.
Svishtov: A Community-based Investment Program for Municipal Development. John Driscoll, Anna Laskowska, Marianna Eneva. January 2004.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Migratory Flows and Social Inclusion in Central America. Report prepared for the Swedish International Development Agency. Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso. September 2005.
Migratory Flows, Poverty, and Social Inclusion in Latin America. Report presented at the World Urban Research Symposium. Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso, Luis Valenzuela. February 2004.
Strategy and Action Plan for the Preservation of the Historic Core of the Port City of Al Qusair, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt. Report prepared for Peder Sager Wallenburg Charitable Trust. François Vigier, Mona Serageldin. 2000-2001.
-Context Plan
-Study Area Plan
-Proposed Action Areas
-Action Plan
Rehabilitation and Revitalization of the Historic Medina of Fez, Morocco. Report prepared for the World Bank. François Vigier, Mona Serageldin. 1996-1998.
