x ■ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
pour le Développement (ISTED), the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC), the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISO-
CARP), the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the City of Marseille, Metropo-
lis, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the U.K. Department for Inter-
national Development (DFID), the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT),
the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Urban Climate Change
Reseach Network (UCCRN), and Veolia Environnement S.A. Th e World Bank’s
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) commissioned some
researchers and produced a related publication.
Much appreciation is due to the authors of all papers submitted and pre-
sented at the symposium, as well as to all symposium participants whose ideas
and contributions provided for rich and lively discussions during the various
sessions. Th e authors of the eight commissioned research papers helped to syn-
thesize and strengthen the knowledge presented at the symposium, including
through the preparatory workshop for commissioned researchers.
Th is publication was prepared by a team from the Urban and Local Gov-
ernment Unit of the World Bank composed of Christa Anderson, Mila Freire,
Daniel Hoornweg, Marcus Lee, and Belinda Yuen, with assistance from Ade-
laide Barra. Technical and substantive editing was ably undertaken through a
team comprising Anu Ramaswami, Sebastian Carney, Elliot Cohen, Shobha-
kar Dhakal, Enessa Janes, Christopher Kennedy, Cynthia Skelhorn, and Joshua
Sperling. Useful comments were received from the peer reviewers, Ellen Ham-
ilton, Susan Parnell, and Federica Ranghieri. Th e Offi ce of the Publisher pro-
vided editorial and production services.