As part of the Covid Collective, research projects led by IIED and the Global Development Institute (GDI) have been analysing responses to the COVID-19 crisis across a number of African cities.
Disasters have a way of heaping their troubles with disproportionate ferocity upon the poor.
We have published many blogs on civil society’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes blog series curator David Satterthwaite.
Urban responses to the COVID-19 pandemic remain at a critical juncture. In sub-Saharan African cities, even as COVID-19 measures lift and ‘normal life’ resumes, interventions are still needed to address the enduring legacies of both the disease and responses to it.
Previous blogs have discussed the inadequacies in urban adaptation finance from national governments and international agencies.
Most city governments in the global South struggle with waste collection, which typically accounts for up to 30% of the municipal budget but often leaves large sections of the population with no service.
Until 1997, Karachi’s public transport had an important government component in the form of the Karachi Transport Corporation (KTC). It had large comfortable buses, depots, workshops and bus stops in the right locations, and people were happy with it.
