TABLE OF CONTENTS: Ghana National Development Planning Reports Demographic & Migration Studies Literature Land Policy Literature Economic Studies Related to Urbanization Accra Spatial Planning Literature Transportation Sector Literature Housing/Shelter Literature Water & Sanitation Sector Literature Solid Waste Management Sector Literature Public Health-Related Literature Gender Issues/Studies Literature Literature on Politics, Governance, Institutions etc. Ghana National Development… read more

MCI’s urban planning efforts focused on the Ghanaian capital of Accra, at the request of the mayor and the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA). Beginning with background research, literature reviews, visiting scholars and as much information from the field as MCI was able to glean remotely, MCI and its Columbia University partners in this effort —… read more

MCI worked closely with Tabora’s mayor and local government, the private sector and other key stakeholders to build capacity in investment promotion, along with a portfolio of viable investment opportunities; to strengthen public-private sector dialogue capable of advising local government regarding investors’ needs; and assisted with the Tabora Investment Day, which took place in Dar es Salaam… read more

Due to the instability in the region, MCI operations in Kaduna were suspended in 2014.  Previously, MCI completed MDG-based needs assessments in the fields of education and gender and facilitated a well-received fistula repair mission led by the American NGO Physicians for Peace, which also seconded a nurse-midwife to assist for a number of weeks… read more

MCI worked closely with the former Government of Mali to help update its anti-poverty strategy for the city and surrounding region.  Working with the Virginia-based non-profit Physicians for Peace (PfP), MCI facilitated two fistula repair surgical missions in Segou, which reached dozens of women and a number of men suffering from fistula and prostate issues…. read more

MCI established a very active presence in Kumasi in all capacities: research, social sector programs, capacity building and private sector development. Over the past years, MCI completed and published MDG-based needs assessments in the areas of education, gender, health and water/sanitation, produced an industrial infrastructure survey and investment guide and facilitated research by the global… read more

Mekelle was the first Millennium City for which all four social sector needs assessments were published. MCI’s research findings were presented to Mekelle stakeholders in May 2011, along with maps indicating how far each neighborhood was from achieving the MDG targets in the areas of public health, education, gender and water and sanitation, and extensive research on promising… read more

MCI’s latest research publication, “The Kisumu Millennium Development Goals Multi-Sector Household Survey,” was launched in Kisumu, Kenya, on October 16, as part of MCI’s Consultative Stakeholders Workshop. The study, which is the first application of MCI’s own comprehensive, poverty-related household survey instrument, assesses data gathered from over 600 households in three informal downtown settlements in… read more

Public Health Hundreds Receive Sight-Restoring Surgery: Imagine having sight-restoring surgery after spending much of your life blind. That amazing, life-changing dream became a reality for hundreds of people in the Millennium City of Mekelle, Ethiopia, in November 2009, thanks to the Himalayan Cataract Project, which works to eradicate preventable and curable blindness through eye care and… read more

14 Food Vendors Get Educated on Food Safety Spy Ghana December 8, 2014 “MCI Hands Over Renovated Community Youth Centre” Ghana Web July 21, 2014 “Kumasi Awash with Business Opportunities” AllAfrica.com May 5, 2014 “Kumasi investment roadshow slated Oct. 8th” GhanaWeb August 28, 2013 “Tabora Set to be West Tanzania Next Investment Spot” TanzaniaInvest July… read more