Sustainable Financing for Indian Cities
A version of this article was first published in the September 2014 edition of the monthly journal Yojana.
Financing Metropolitan Governments in Developing Countries
The investment requirement of urban infrastructure over the next 20 years is estimated by the Isher Ahluwalia Committee to be in the region of Rs. 40 lakh crore.
The Practice of PPP in Urban Infrastructure
The recently released volume on urbanisation titled “Urbanisation in India” edited by Dr. Isher Ahluwalia, Dr. Ravi Kanbur and Dr. P. K. Mohanty, contains a chapter authored by Vikram…
In Conversation on Urbanisation with Dr. Shlomo Angel
In a three-part interview series Vishnu Prasad of IFMR Finance Foundation speaks with Dr. Shlomo (Solly) Angel, adjunct professor at NYU and senior research scholar at the NYU Stern…
India’s Suburban Transformation
According to the 2011 Population Census data, urban India grew by 90 million people in the previous decade.
Private financing of Public Infrastructure in India – Evolution and Way Forward
Given the magnitude of investments and expertise needed for sustainable development of urban infrastructure in India, it is essential that there be substantial private sector involvement.
Land as a source of financing urban infrastructure
At a fundamental level, it can be argued that internal revenue sources are the most critical funding levers available to a municipality because without effective, predictable generation of internal…
The century of the city – “Urbanized”
Gary Hustwit’s documentary film, Urbanized (2011), presents an optimistic overture about the future of cities, but is not unchecked with caution.
The Urban Organism – Cities as living beings
For the first time in the history of the world, more than half of the world’s population live in urban areas. In the next 13 years, a billion people…
Analysing a city’s finances – Example of Srirangapatna TMC, Karnataka
Continuing our focus on Municipal Finance, we look at the financial statements of Srirangapatna TMC in Karnataka in this post. We are currently working with the town of Srirangapatna…