Investing in Urban Resilience: Protecting and Promoting Development in a Changing World

This  report highlights the need and potential for investing in urban resilience in low and middleincome countries. It demonstrates why the international development community should care about making cities in the developing world more resilient. The report provides understanding of why shocks and stresses disproportionately affect the urban poor. The audience for this report includes stakeholders in vulnerable cities in the developing world, potential investors in urban resilience as well as existing and future partners working on advancing resilience in cities