Thursday, June 23, 2016

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI) - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) -

The Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative (ESCI) is the IDB’s non-reimbursable technical assistance program providing direct support to national and subnational governments in the development and execution of city Action Plans.

ESCI employs a multidisciplinary approach to identify, organize and prioritize urban interventions to tackle the main roadblocks that prevent the sustainable growth of emerging cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. This transversal approach is based on three pillars: (i) environmental and climate change sustainability, (ii) urban sustainability, and (iii) fiscal sustainability and governance.

Inter-American Development Bank works to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through financial and technical support for countries working to reduce poverty and inequality. It helps improve health and education, and advance infrastructure. The IABD aim is to achieve development in a sustainable, climate-friendly way. 

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