Infrastructure and cities programming provides critical opportunities to boost economic growth. However, infrastructure provision and urban development alone are not enough to ensure that economic growth benefits the poor and marginalised. The design and implementation of programmes need to be conceived and put in place with purposeful planning for inclusive approaches.
DFID has a strong policy framework for ensuring that gender equality and inclusion of the most marginalised in society play a central role in achieving inclusive growth and have made global commitments on both. The ICED facility has developed a strategy that reflects this framework and translates it into a concrete proposition for engaging with this important agenda.
