Urban Development
With unprepared institutions, rapid growth, stretched
infrastructure and proliferating low income settlements, urban
India presents a challenge for policy makers, city
administrators, business and civil society. At TARU, we aim at
pro-poor urban governance and planning in the firm belief that a
vibrant, viable City is one that responds to its poor.
Our policy and regulatory assessments, strategic reviews of
Development Partner-supported initiatives and city
infrastructure investment planning exercises have consistently
reflected the special situation of the urban poor and
successfully integrated pro-poor governance and planning
elements. Assessment tools such as the Infrastructure Deficiency
Service Analysis (IDSA) that we have deployed and slum
improvement models that we have conceptualized and implemented
have broken new ground.
As Country Partner to the recently launched Asian Cities Climate
Change Resource Network (ACCCRN), we are working on strategies
that will enable urban India to prepare, withstand and recover
better from Climate Change.
Need an appraisal of your policies and reform initiatives and ideas on the way forward? Looking for how pro-poor governance and planning can be ensured? Time for systematic infrastructure assessment and planning for your city? Want support to conceptualize or evaluate your Urban Sector initiatives?
Write to us at business@taru.org.
See here a brief profile of our work