Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa will have to accommodate one-third of all
urban population growth by 2050. In Ethiopia, the federal Ministry of
Urban Development and Construction partnered with NYU Marron
Institute’s Urban Expansion Program to help rapidly growing
secondary cities organize and guide the development of their urban
peripheries. The methodology adopted in Ethiopia opened up new
land for urban development in an orderly and systematic manner,
helping create housing and jobs.
