ABSTRACT

In recent times, African governments have been adopting explicit National Urban Policies (NUPs). The adoption of NUPs is a sharp contrast to the past when some governments were ambivalent to it.

Focusing on eight (8) African countries-South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Malawi and Uganda, we undertook systematic content analysis of the written policy documents for each country. African governments recognise the need for coordinated policy responses to enhance sustainable urban growth in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG #11) and the New Urban Agenda (NUA). The paper cautions against adopting ‘silver bullet’ solutions to avoid jeopardising the creation of local policy innovations that are more suitable to national and local contexts.

摘要

最近，非洲各国政府一直在采用明确的国家城市政策（NUP）。NUP的采用与过去有些政府存在歧义的情况形成鲜明对比。

我们着眼于八（8）个非洲国家-南非，尼日利亚，肯尼亚，加纳，卢旺达，埃塞俄比亚，马拉维和乌干达，我们对每个国家的书面政策文件进行了系统的内容分析。非洲各国政府认识到，需要根据可持续发展目标（SDG＃11）和《新城市议程》（NUA）采取协调一致的政策对策，以促进城市的可持续发展。本文告诫不要采用“银弹”解决方案，以免危害创建更适合于国家和地方环境的地方政策创新。