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The Center for Urban Development Studies (CUDS) at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design hosted a seminar on “Urban Planning and Management”<\/strong> for a delegation of senior officials from Mauritania<\/strong>, held in Cambridge, Massachusetts in October 1999. The seminar was organized in response to a request from the Agence Mauritanienne d’Ex\u00e9cution des Travaux d’Int\u00e9r\u00eat Public pour l’Emploi (AMEXTIPE)<\/strong>, and led to a formal consultation project by CUDS on recommendations for urban development in October 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the late 1990s, decentralization initiatives in Mauritania shifted central and local relationships and created new responsibilities for municipalities. Impacted cities under survey included Nouadhibou<\/strong> and Nouakchott<\/strong>. Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as a major commercial center, while Nouakchott is the capital and largest city of Mauritania, and serves as the administrative and economic center of Mauritania.\u00a0Urban issues facing local authorities included increasing urban poverty, demand for urban land, uncontrolled urban development, and underserved communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Documents are primarily in French, and include two preliminary reports on Nouadhibou<\/strong> and Nouakchott<\/strong> from 1995 and 1996. A seminar program outline from October 1999 is in English. Also included are copies of the eventual CUDS reports from October 2000. See “Mauritanian National Urban Development Strategy”<\/a> (Project ID: 2000_05_001) from 2000 for full project documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSee related I2UD projects below<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n