New Cities With New Rules: The Rise of African Charter Cities

Kurtis Lockhart is Acting Executive Director and Head of Research at The Charter Cities Institute (CCI). We discuss New Cities With New Rules: The Rise of African Charter Cities.

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About The Charter Cities Institute (CCI). What Charter Cities are and how the idea came about. The CCI model for Charter Cities and how if differers from the initial model of economist Paul Romer. Reforming institutions in a deep way that is necessary.  How we know that these cities will actually work. How Public Private Partnerships can make it work. Examples of Charter Cities. [Dubai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore] How a Charter City is different from a special economic zone, free port or other special jurisdiction. How Charter Cities can help solve some major challenges that Africa is facing. [Legal, Financial, Technical Capacity] The disciplining affect and advantage of political competition. The biggest challenge and risk in creating charter cities in Africa. How this risk can be mitigated. Africa's Next 50 Cities Coalition (NXT50). A global initiative to support the development of new African cities. The possibilities and opportunities presented by the rapid growth of urbanisation in Africa.

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