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A. WORKING PAPERS ON INVESTMENT

The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) at The Earth Institute at Columbia University and the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) - a joint center of Columbia Law School and The Earth Institute - jointly publish the MCI and VCC Working Papers Series on Investment in the Millennium Cities.

The following papers have been published by MCI:

“Kumasi Marketing Strategy: Tourism,” (Working Paper No. 02/2008);

“Assessing Infrastructure Constraints on Business Activity in Kumasi, Ghana,” (Working Paper No. 03/2008);

“Bamboo Bicycles in Kumasi, Ghana,” (Working Paper No. 04/2008);

“Assessing Infrastructure Constraints on Business Activity in Kisumu, Kenya,” (Working paper No. 05/2008);

“Sugar in Kisumu,” (Working Paper No. 06/2008).

“Foreign Direct Investment in Blantyre, Malawi: Opportunities and Challenges,” (Working Paper No. 07/2009)
Assessing Infrastructure Constraints on Business Activity in Blantyre, Malawi," (Working Paper No. 08/2009).

Additionally, KPMG has partnered with MCI to produce investor report for the Millennium Cities, including

KPMG Kenya's report on investment opportunities in Kisumu, entitled Kisumu: Potential Opportunities for Investors.
KPMG report on investment opportunities in the Akure region, entitled Ondo State, Nigeria: Market feasibility study for sustainable development .
KPMG International's report on investment opportunities in Blantyre, Malawi, analyzing sectors and products showing potential for investment in Blantyre and the surrounding region.

All papers can also be accessed on the VCC website as well as http://vcc.columbia.edu. For more information on the working papers series, please contact Editor-in-Chief Dr. Karl P. Sauvant at karl.sauvant@law.columbia.edu, Editor Joerg Simon at jks2149@columbia.edu, or Managing Editor Paulo Cunha at +646-884-7422, pmc2105@columbia.edu.

B. WORKING PAPERS ON THE SOCIAL SECTORS

The Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI) at The Earth Institute at Columbia University also publishes the Social Sector Working Papers to measure progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in each of the Millennium Cities.

The following papers have been published:

“Education Needs Assessment for Kisumu City, Kenya” (Working Paper No. 01/2008)," researched and written by Moumie Maoulidi, now MCI’s Social Sector Research Manager. The paper can be accessed in pdf format. The model itself can be accessed as a separate, read-only Excel document.
"An Overview of the Main Environmental Issues Affecting Kisumu and Lake Victoria’s Winam Gulf,” was produced together with the MDG Centre Nairobi, in response to an urgent request to MCI from the Mayor of Kisumu, to help address rapidly deteriorating environmental circumstances in the region with scientific analysis and recommendations pointing toward a set of implementable corrective and preventive strategies.
"Education Needs Assessment for Kaduna City, Nigeria" (Working Paper No. 3/2009), researched and written by Matthew A.M. Thomas. The paper can be accessed here for the report (in pdf format), and here for the model itself (a separate, read-only Excel document).
"Education Needs Assessment for Mekelle City, Ethiopia" (Working Paper No. 4/2009), researched and written by Jessica Lopez and Moumie Maoulidi. The paper can be accessed here for the report (in pdf format), and here for the model itself (a separate, read-only Excel document).
“Situation Analysis of Women in Mekelle City, Ethiopia,” the fifth in MCI’s series of Social Sector Working Papers.
“Health Needs Assessment for Mekelle, Ethiopia” (Working Paper No. 6/2009), researched and written by Genessa Georgi, Kripa Krishnan and the MCI. The paper can be accessed here for the report (in pdf format). The accompanying model can be accessed here, in a read-only Excel file.

For further information, please contact Editor-in-Chief Susan M. Blaustein, at sblaustein@ei.columbia.edu; Managing Editor Paulo Cunha, at pmc2105@columbia.edu, or Principal Investigator Moumie Maoulidi, at mm973@columbia.edu.