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CDIA PPP Guide for Municipalities now available

» CDIA PPP Guide for Municipalities now available

The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) has prepared a PPP Guide for Municipalities offering an innovative view to help local governments understand how to approach a potential PPP project and to review some issues that may come up in the process. It is one of the few guides that are specifically targeted at city officials, such as mayors and council members, as well as senior technical staff in different sectors (e.g. water, energy, roads, ports) that are just beginning to look at PPP options. It is not a book of comprehensive answers but a basic guide about how to view PPPs and where to find more information so that local authorities can come to find their own answers. Some readers might view PPPs as an entirely new concept. For... » Read more

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EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Linking Cities to Finance

» Linking Cities to Finance

Regional Conference Shanghai International Convention Center “Linking Cities to Finance: Overcoming bottlenecks to financing strategic urban infrastructure investments”This event will bring together national... » Read more

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Helping Asian Cities meet the Urbanization Challenge


By clicking on the map, it will link to downloadable project overviews of CDIA partner cities for which applications have been approved. Also on the same page, you will see a list of countries whose cities are eligible to make application to CDIA for support.

The urbanization challenge confronting Asian cities is unprecedented. At projected rates of growth, Asian cities must be ready to collectively accommodate an expected 1.1 billion additional urban residents over the next 20 years.

In Asia, while urban planning has improved across the region, many cities lack two critical resources for effective implementation: (1) adequate infrastructure investment financing; and (2) institutional capacity to effectively manage the programming and prioritization of these strategic investments.

Therefore a “gap” exists between the strategic development plans typically presenting a wish-list of projects, and the requirements of financiers for well-formulated infrastructure projects.

An increasing number of cities are seeking assistance from the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) to help close this gap whereby CDIA supports cities in the preparation of Prefeasibility Studies for strategic infrastructure projects. This assistance then helps market these projects to potential financiers.

Try visiting our SERVICE pages. There you will get suggestions, templates and links to resources that can help you either prepare an application for support or to request assistance in getting your city ready.