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ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines: 15 November 2011 - 17 November 2011 Asian cities, some already nation-sized in terms of their economy, will determine the future of the planet. They are the new workshops of the world: their economic growth has lifted millions out of poverty, although they are still home to more than two thirds of the world's poor who are most vulnerable to the impacts ... [Continue Reading]
CDIA will conduct a High-Level Urban Policy Roundtable at ADB in Manila, Philippines on 14 November 2011. It will call upon Asian countries to make urbanization (and urban infrastructure development in particular) a key instrument for enhancing growth, combating poverty, addressing climate change, and serving as a stabilizing factor in the regional and global economic system. The Roundtable ... [Continue Reading]
Philippines: The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippines and the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 6, 2011. DILG is identified as its appropriate National Partner Agency for CDIA in the Philippines to enable cities to meet the challenges of transforming their urban infrastructure plans to investment within ... [Continue Reading]
CDIA is proud to announce that the Government of Austria and the Shanghai Municipal Government have joined the governments of Germany and Sweden as well as the Asian Development Bank in financing CDIA activities in the region. The two new members were officially welcomed as they participated in the recent Program Review Committee meeting in April of this year in Essen, Germany. This will lead to ... [Continue Reading]
Regional Conference Shanghai International Convention Center “Linking Cities to Finance: Overcoming bottlenecks to financing strategic urban infrastructure investments” This event will bring together national and international development finance institutions, private financial institutions, city governments, national/ provincial governments and private sector investors to discuss ... [Continue Reading]
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Cities Development Initiative for Asia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Singapore-CDIA Third Country Training Programme (TCTP) which will provide joint technical assistance programmes to developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). CDIA was co-founded by the ADB and the German Federal ... [Continue Reading]
KOCHI, India: The officials of the Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) have started a pre-feasibility study in the urban transport sector in the city. The officials of the CDIA also attended an interactive session at the Corporation council hall on Wednesday. The CDIA will not fund or invest in the Kochi project. However, it will help Kochi in preparing a structural investment package ... [Continue Reading]
The trend towards the megacity is especially apparent in Asia. The model of large European or North American cities shaped by individual transport, however, is not environmentally sustainable. Urbanisation in developing countries will have to find alternative ways. Klaus Töpfer, former head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), hopes the global economic crisis will yet prove an ... [Continue Reading]
CEBU: Phase one of the Priority Infrastructure Investment Plan for the South Road Properties (SRP) had recently been completed by the Asian Development Bank-Cities Development Initiative for Asia (ADB-CDIA), Cebu City Hall officials said yesterday. City Planning and Development Officer Paul Nigel Villarete said among the priority infrastructures being studied are the district cooling and ... [Continue Reading]
CDIA is a regional initiative established in 2007 by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Germany, with additional core funding support of the governments of Sweden, Austria and Spain and the Shanghai Municipal Government. The Initiative provides assistance to medium-sized Asian cities to bridge the gap between their development plans and the implementation of their infrastructure ... [Continue Reading]
Below you will find various materials from CDIA’s participation in recent events. This will often include presentations by CDIA CMT members, partner cities and other key stakeholders as well as other materials and documentation.
Financing Local Infrastructure – Linking Local Governments and Financial Markets
"Financing Local Infrastructure – Linking Local Governments and Financial Markets" addresses capacity development needs from both a public finance and a financial market perspective. Its purpose is to help partners, their advisors, local governments and financial institutions to explore the ways and the means by which local infrastructure can be financed.
This handbook presents a guide to a better understanding and assessment of framework conditions. It will enable more informed decisions to be made in terms of developing and supporting financing options for local services and infrastructure provision involving the local financial sector.
The Handbook is available for download at the following link: Infrastructure FinanceClick on a link below to view article archives:
 Where CDIA is Active Links to the latest Project overviews, Executive summaries of completed projects, City intervention summaries and recently approved applications.
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 PPP and Urban Infrastructure Latest in PPP guides, case studies and external materials.
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 PFS Mechanism Latest in PFS guidelines for sectors, municipalities and consultants, and executive summaries of completed studies.
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 Linking Cities to Finance
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 Articles on CDIA Latest external articles related to CDIA.
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CDIA Funding Members
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 CIIPP Toolkit Latest info on available downloads for CIIPP manuals, case studies and workbooks. |
 CDIA Newsletter archives
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 Building Capacities Latest training events and YAPP.
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Conferences
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Partnerships (and Synergies) Latest on regional, LGU, international, NPO, YAPP partners and city to city mentoring.
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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.
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