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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. Background paper for Millennium Project Task Force 8. Mona Serageldin, Elda Solloso, Luis Valenzuela. October 2003.
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. To be released in the November 2005 volume of Global Urban Development Magazine.
Millenium Project Task Force 8 Interim Report on Improving the Lives of Slum Dwellers
Municipal Finance
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Migratory Flows and Remittances
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.
Migratory Flows and Social Inclusion in Central America. Report prepared for the Swedish International Development Agency. Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso. September 2005.
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.
Review of the South African Government's Grant-Funded Municipal Infrastructure Program (1999)
Asia
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.
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.
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.
Summary of Urban Planning and Local Economic Development (UPLED) Program. Summary Description of UPLED Program. 2002.
Oradea UPLED Seminar Proceedings. September 2000.
Iasi UPLED Seminar Proceedings. January 2001.
Assessment of the Oradea City Development Strategy. August 2001.
Szczecin Local Initiative Program Final Report. Report prepared for USAID/RHUDO Warsaw in collaboration with the Unit of Cooperation with Non-Governmental Organizations, City of Szczecin. John Driscoll, Mona Serageldin, Christine Williams, Christopher Rogers. May 1999.
Latin America and the Caribbean
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.
Migratory Flows and Social Inclusion in Central America. Report prepared for the Swedish International Development Agency. Mona Serageldin, Yves Cabannes, Elda Solloso. September 2005.
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.
