Urbanisation drives economic growth and job creation, a World Bank senior expert told Euronews at the World Urban Forum in Baku, but warned that Africa faces a financing gap that no single institution can fill alone.
By Esmira Aliyeva & Toby Gregory
Published on
20/05/2026 - 20:18 GMT+2
"No country has ever fully developed without urbanising," World Bank Senior Economist Mark Roberts told Euronews at the World Urban Forum in Baku, in direct response to governments that treat urban growth as an issue to be managed rather than progress to be guided.
Roberts said the scale of investment required, particularly in Africa, was beyond any single actor.
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