In 2000, the Center for Urban Development (CUDS) provided assistance in formulating the “Mauritanian National Urban Development Strategy” and policy action plan for Mauritania. This project originated from the Mauritanian “Seminar on Urban Planning and Management,” led by CUDS in 1999.
The CUDS team included Mauritanian urban and legal experts and worked closely with local officials on an economic development strategy for the country’s three largest cities (Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, and Kaédi) and on an update to the legislative framework for land tenure and real estate development.
Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, while Nouadhibou is the second largest city and a major commercial centre. Kaédi is the largest city and administrative center of the Gorgol Region of Southern Mauritania, located on the border with Senegal.
Documents include multiple provisional and progressive reports from May, June, July, August and October 2000, as well as preliminary documents, all in French.
| Project Year: | 2000 |
| Project Type: | Policy Action Plan; Education |
| Geographic Regions: | Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, and Kaédi, Mauritania |
| Reports: | Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Outline) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Introduction, Part 1) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: Proposition Technique (Part 3) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Summary Report, May 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Provisional Report, June 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Provisional Report, July 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Provisional Report, August 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Final Report 1, October 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Final Report 2, October 2000) Mauritania Urban Development Strategy: (Synthesis, November 2000) |
| Authors: | François Vigier; Mona Serageldin; Sameh Wahba (Research Fellow); Dr. Alain Durand-Lasserve (Land Management); Dr. Jacques Carol (Urban Economics); Dr. Ahmed Salem Ould Bouboutt (Jurist and Prof. of Law at University of Nouakchott); Dr. Issakha Diagana (Prof. of Geography at University of Nouakchott); Samir Abdulac (Fellow); |
| Sponsors: | World Bank; AMEXTIPE (National Agency for Public Works and Employment Generation in Mauritania); |
| Categories: | International Education Program; Executive Training Program; Education; |
| ID: | 2000_05_001 |