Amankwah-Ayeh, Kwabena2013-03-282013-03-282006-06-29https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13015This review concludes that for Togo's urban and peri-urban areas to sustainably grow, issues of urban governance and development need to be approached in a comprehensive manner, driven by well -guided policies developed in partnership with the people to support Sub-National Government Authorities and Entities(SGAs) in carrying out their functions efficiently. To meet evolving challenges of urbanization and decentralization, the Government of Togo (GoT) must rationalize the roles of various levels of government and agencies and limit their numbers to limit duplication, strengthen the capacities of relevant sector institutions and coordinate institutional actions and investments. It is further recommended that GoT must (i) clarify the roles and functions of national, prefectural, and local governments while ensuring that coordination functions between them work well; (ii) separate urban policy and regulatory functions from implementation of urban projects by allocating implementation responsibilities to private operators or qualified state agencies under performance-based arrangements; (iii) ensure proper allocation of taxing responsibilities, develop and implement transfer of financial resources from the central government to the local governments on a transparent basis supported by simple and precise criteria; and (iv) strengthen the central government s role in policy, regulatory, coordination, oversight and supervision. Contractualization of relationships between different tiers of government and benchmarking of performance must be prominent among the guiding principles that should govern the delivery of responsibilities of GoT, SGAs and their agencies. Finally, this necessary, first step stock-taking review of Togo s urban and peri-urban sector has revealed knowledge & data gaps that need to be filled through further analysis and studies on (a) infrastructure services provision needs as well as capacity to implement, operate and maintain them, (b) improving the functioning of the urban land market and shelter-related issues, (c) strengthening municipal financing, (d) developing city and local economic development strategies (CDS & LED), and (e) socio-economic and technical approaches to financing of slum upgrading.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCOUNTABILITYADEQUATE HOUSINGAFFORDABLE HOUSINGAIR POLLUTIONAVAILABILITY OF LANDBANKSBASIC URBAN SERVICESCADASTRECAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITAL CITYCAPITAL MARKETSCAPITALSCBDCDSCITIES IN TRANSITIONCITY DEVELOPMENTCITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESCITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYCITY GOVERNMENTSCITY LEVELCITY MANAGEMENTCITY OFFICIALSCIVIL SERVICECOMMERCIAL BANKSCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY MOBILIZATIONCONSTRUCTION STANDARDSDEBTDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION PROCESSDECONCENTRATIONDEPOSITSDEVOLUTIONDOWN PAYMENTSDRAINAGE SYSTEMSECONOMIC STABILITYELECTRICITY SUPPLYEMPLOYMENTEXTREME POVERTYFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL SYSTEMSFISCAL DECENTRALIZATIONFLOODSFOOD SECURITYFUNCTIONING LAND MARKETHEALTH CAREHOUSINGHOUSING DEVELOPMENTHOUSING FINANCEHUMAN SETTLEMENTSINFLATIONINFORMAL LANDINSURANCELACK OF INFRASTRUCTURELAND ADMINISTRATIONLAND DEVELOPMENTLAND DISPUTESLAND MANAGEMENTLAND MARKETSLAND OWNERSLAND OWNERSHIPLAND REGISTRATIONLAND REGISTRATION SYSTEMLAND SUPPLYLAND TENURELAND TITLELAND TITLESLAND TRANSACTIONSLAND USELAND VALUESLAWSLEGAL FRAMEWORKLIVING CONDITIONSLOAN FINANCINGLOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENTLOCAL GOVERNMENT BORROWINGLOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL INVESTMENTSLOCAL OFFICIALSLOW-INCOMELOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDSLOW-INCOME HOUSINGLOWER-INCOME HOUSEHOLDSMAJOR CITIESMANDATESMIGRATIONMORTGAGE LOANSMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENTMUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDMUNICIPAL FINANCINGMUNICIPAL SERVICESMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL HOUSING POLICYNATURAL RESOURCESNEEDS FOR INFRASTRUCTUREON URBAN POVERTYPOOR COMMUNITIESPOOR FAMILIESPOOR PEOPLEPOTABLE WATERPOVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGIESPOVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGYPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPREFECTURESPRIVATE BANKSPRIVATE HOUSINGPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY TAXESPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC AGENCIESPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FACILITIESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC INFRASTRUCTUREPUBLIC INVESTMENTPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERYPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONPUBLIC WORKSQUALITY OF SERVICESRAPID URBANIZATIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREORGANIZATIONRESOURCES MOBILIZATIONREVENUE SHARINGREVENUE SOURCESRISING URBAN POVERTYRISK MANAGEMENTROAD NETWORKSAFETY NETSSANITARY CONDITIONSSANITATIONSANITATION BOARDSANITATION FACILITIESSAVINGSSECONDARY CITIESSEPTIC TANKSSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICED LANDSEWAGESLUM UPGRADINGSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL SERVICESSOLID WASTE MANAGEMENTSTORM DRAINAGESUBSIDIARYSUPPLY OF LANDSUPPORT OF CITIESSUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENTTAX COLLECTIONTAXATIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETOWNSTRAFFIC CONGESTIONTRAFFIC MANAGEMENTTRANSPORTURBANURBAN AIR POLLUTIONURBAN AREASURBAN CENTERSURBAN CONTEXTURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDURBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTURBAN DWELLERSURBAN ECONOMYURBAN ENVIRONMENTURBAN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTURBAN GOVERNANCEURBAN GROWTHURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURBAN HOUSINGURBAN HOUSING SECTORURBAN INFRASTRUCTUREURBAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTURBAN INSTITUTIONSURBAN ISSUESURBAN LANDURBAN LAND MARKETURBAN LAND USEURBAN MANAGEMENTURBAN MIGRATIONURBAN NEIGHBORHOODSURBAN PLANNINGURBAN POLICYURBAN POORURBAN POOR PEOPLEURBAN POPULATIONURBAN POPULATIONSURBAN POVERTYURBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATIONURBAN POVERTY REDUCTIONURBAN PRODUCTIVITYURBAN PROJECTSURBAN RESIDENTSURBAN ROADSURBAN SECTORURBAN SERVICEURBAN SERVICE DELIVERYURBAN SERVICESURBAN SPACEURBAN SPRAWLURBAN UNEMPLOYMENTURBAN WORKSURBAN YOUTHURBANIZATIONWAGESWATER FACILITIESWATER SUPPLYWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/13015