URBAN EMERGE NEWS

Working with World Enabled, UrbanEmerge has recently led a project for the INGO Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap International). We researched and drafted material to support their advocacy to city and national level policy makers, including engaging those at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF), which was held a few weeks ago in New York. The HLPF reviewed progress to date on the targets and indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and provided an op

While working in Ethiopia recently I witnessed first-hand the phenomenal transformation the county is bringing about through attracting industrial growth in sectors such as garment and apparel production and light manufacturing. Ethiopia’s GDP rate has averaged an impressive 10% for the past decade, the highest in Africa. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde shakes hands with a worker as she tours a shoe factory at the Eastern Industrial Park Decemb