The City Development Strategy (CDS) is a tool that engages
principal stakeholders and donor assistance groups in the formulation and
implementation of a development strategy for a city as a whole, prioritizing
investments and building consensus for and
participation in actions undertaken to realize this consensual
strategy.
The goals of a City Development Strategy include a collective city
vision and action plan aimed at improving urban governance and management,
increasing investment to expand employment and services, and systematic and
sustained reductions in urban poverty. City Development Strategies (CDS) are
action plans for equitable growth in cities, developed and sustained through
participation, to improve the quality of life for all citizens
