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Financing Infrastructure in African Cities
  • Level Foundation
  • المدة 22 ساعات hours
  • الطبع بواسطة United Cities and Local Governments of Africa
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The world is urbanizing fast. In less than a century more than 1 billion people have been urbanized. That translates into the fact that more than half of the world’s population is already living in cities. Experts forecast that very soon Africa will become one of the most urbanized continents. However, almost 70% of world’s urban population is living in the cities where governments are struggling to provide basic services like sanitation, schools, hospitals, and adequate clean water. The reason is that, their governments do not have enough money. This may also be true also for the city where you live or work. Poor infrastructure affects your daily life. Local governments struggle with mobilizing finances so that they can improve your quality of life but many times they are not aware of the right mechanisms. Imagine that your government wants to know how can they finance cities and they want you to advise – where will you begin with? Our finance experts are bringing their experience right at your Desk through this MOOC. This MOOC has five modules and in five weeks you will learn: • Financial decision making environment in urban systems • Mechanisms for mobilizing local revenues • Innovative mechanisms for financing infrastructure projects through partnerships, and • Financial decision making under uncertainties and risks We will provide you a carefully selected set of literature, quizzes and interactive discussion forums. So join our MOOC and find out the ways to make your city a better place to live in for yourself and for your next generations. (This MOOC was developed in collaboration with the United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-Africa), African Local Governments Academy (ALGA), and Erasmus University Rotterdam)

الوحدات

Warming-Up: Welcome to the Course

    • 3 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • Introduce Yourself (and Meet Your Fellow Students)
  • Questions about how the course works? Ask here!

3 Videos

  • Video Trailer
  • Introduction to UCLG-Africa
  • Introduction to UCLG-Africa and the MOOC by Dr. NaJat Zarrouk, Director of UCLG-Africa

2 Readings

  • Introduction to Course
  • Meet the FIAC Team

Urban Systems and Financial Decision-Making

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Urban Systems and Financial Decision-Making

The Principles of Finance

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • The Principles of Finance

Urban Local Bodies and Their Role in Managing Cities

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Urban Local Bodies and Their Role in Managing Cities

Conclusions

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Multi Stakeholder Urban System

1 Videos

  • Conclusions from the week

Assessment

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Recap for Week 1

Recommended Resources

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Readings for Week 1

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to Financing Current Expenditures

Basic Concepts: Principle of Subsidiarity and Decentralization

    • 3 Videos
    • 3 Readings
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3 Videos

  • Revenues and Expenditures of a City Government
  • Basic Concepts: Principle of Subsidiarity and Decentralization
  • Conclusions: Principle of subsidiarity and decentralization

3 Readings

  • The Principle of Subsidiarity
  • Local Governance and Decentralization
  • Intergovernmental Finances in a Decentralized World

Sources of Municipal Revenues

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Sources of Current Revenues

1 Readings

  • Municipal Revenues

Basic Concepts: Taxonomy of Goods

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Taxonomy of Goods

Basic Concepts: The Benefit Model, or How to Charge for Services

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Basic Concepts: The Benefit Model

1 Readings

  • The Benefit Model of Local Government Finance

Conclusions

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Components of Governance

1 Videos

  • Conclusions from the week

Assessment

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Recap of Week 2

Recommended Resources

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Week 2 Readings

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
    • 1 Readings
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to Financing Capital Expenditures

1 Readings

  • The Failure of the Cochabamba drinking water Concession in Bolivia

Financing Capital Expenditures

    • 4 Videos
    • 2 Readings
    • 2 Discussion
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2 Discussions

  • New infrastructure projects in your country
  • PPPs in the water sector

4 Videos

  • The role of the private sector, stakeholders’ involvement and financial structuring
  • Financial structuring, the environment for PPP projects, sustainable finance and the lessons learned by the Inter-American Development Bank
  • Getting private sector skills and assets through PPPs and dealing with risks
  • Conclusions and lessons learned from the Week

2 Readings

  • Lessons learned by the Inter-American Development Bank
  • Learning more about PPPs in the water sector

Assessment

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Recap of Week 3

Recommended Resources

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • List of Recommended Resources

Introduction

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction to Week 4: Decision Alternatives, Risk Analysis and Methods for Decision Making

Introducing Decision Alternatives

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Decision Alternative: Introducing three different approaches
  • Understanding Uncertainties

Risk Assessment Based Approach

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Risk Analysis
  • The presence of games

Overview of Decision-Making

    • 2 Videos
    • 1 Discussion
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1 Discussions

  • Risk Analysis and Decision Making

2 Videos

  • Decision Making
  • Methods for Decision-Making

Conclusions

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • MCA Case Study and Conclusions of Course

Assessment

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Recap of Week 4

Recommended Resources

    • 1 Readings
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1 Readings

  • Week 4 Readings

Capstone Project

    • 1 PeerReview
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1 Peer Review

  • Policy note for improving revenues of the local government and financing infrastructure projects in your city

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"Financing Infrastructure in African Cities" by Coursera focuses on urban financial decision-making and innovative funding mechanisms. Taught by finance experts, this five-week course covers local revenue mobilization and infrastructure financing under uncertainties. Ideal for those interested in urban development, it combines literature, quizzes, and forums. Available through Starter and Professional subscriptions, it's perfect for anyone aiming to improve urban living standards.

Somesh Sharma
Instructors

Somesh Sharma

Jaap Spronk
Instructors

Jaap Spronk

Meine Pieter van Dijk
Instructors

Meine Pieter van Dijk

Bernadette Ssanyu
Instructors

Bernadette Ssanyu