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Africa’s urban planners face huge corruption pressures: some answers

Africa’s urban planners face huge corruption pressures: some answers

CORRUPTION is commonly defined as the abuse of entrusted power for personal gain. Understanding and tackling corruption at the city-scale is crucial because cities are increasingly becoming home to much of the global population. According to the United Nations, more than two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050. The fastest urban growth is happening in Africa and Asia. Author LAURA NKULA-WENZ, Lecturer and Researcher at the African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town In our Cities of Integrity project, we worked with urban planners and their respective professional bodies in South Africa and Zambia.…
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