Negotiating Urban Development in Africa: Transnational Communities of Embedded Support in Dar es Salaam

• Published in: Development and change Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 1125 - 1149
• Main Authors: Croese, Sylvia, Kombe, Wilbard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2024
• Subjects: Autonomy; Banking; Community; Development studies; Donors; Governmental reform; Investments; Local government; Negotiation; Reforms; Transnationalism; Urban development; Africa; Tanzania

This article brings together recent debates in urban and development studies to illuminate the understudied politics and compromise involved in the rollout of globally funded urban development in Africa. The argument presented builds on a detailed analysis of the World Bank's urban development...