A/RES/71/256
New Urban Agenda
136. We will support the development of vertical and horizontal models of
distribution of financial resources to decrease inequalities across subnationa l
territories, within urban centres and between urban and rural areas, as well as to
promote integrated and balanced territorial development. In this regard, we
emphasize the importance of improving the transparency of data on spending and
resource allocation as a tool for assessing progress towards equity and spatial
integration.
137. We will promote best practices to capture and share the increase in land and
property value generated as a result of urban development processes, infrastructure
projects and public investments. Measures such as gains-related fiscal policies could
be put in place, as appropriate, to prevent its solely private capture, as well as land
and real estate speculation. We will reinforce the link between fiscal systems and
urban planning, as well as urban management tools, including land market
regulations. We will work to ensure that efforts to generate land -based finance do
not result in unsustainable land use and consumption.
138. We will support subnational and local governments in their efforts to
implement transparent and accountable expenditure control instruments for
assessing the necessity and impact of local investment and projects, based on
legislative control and public participation, as appropriate, in support of open and
fair tendering processes, procurement mechanisms and reliable budget execution, as
well as preventive anti-corruption measures to promote integrity, accountability,
effective management and access to public property and land, in line with national
policies.
139. We will support the creation of robust legal and regulatory frameworks for
sustainable national and municipal borrowing, on the basis of sustainable debt
management, supported by adequate revenues and capacities, by means of local
creditworthiness as well as expanded sustainable municipal debt markets when
appropriate. We will consider the establishment of appropriate financial
intermediaries for urban financing, such as regional, national, subnational and local
development funds or development banks, including pooled financing mechanisms,
which can catalyse public and private, national and international financing. We will
work to promote risk mitigation mechanisms such as the Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency, while managing currency risk, to reduce the cost of capital and
to stimulate the private sector and households to participate in sustainable urban
development and resilience-building efforts, including access to risk transfer
mechanisms.
140. We will support the development of appropriate and affordable housing
finance products and encourage the participation of a diverse range of multilateral
financial institutions, regional development banks and development finance
institutions, cooperation agencies, private sector lenders and investors, cooperatives,
moneylenders and microfinance banks to invest in affordable and incremental
housing in all its forms.
141. We will also consider establishing urban and territorial transport infrastructure
and service funds at the national level, based on a variety of funding sources ranging
from public grants to contributions from other public entities and the private sector,
ensuring coordination among actors and interventions as well as accountability.
142. We invite international multilateral financial institutions, regional development
banks, development finance institutions and cooperation agencies to provide
financial support, including through innovative financial mechanisms, to
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