{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Cities of opportunity, not powder kegs","description":"Are African cities a powder keg of restless youth – or the most promising place to build prosperity, peaceful politics and shared civic life?\n\nLeonard Wantchekon joins Ideas in Development to argue that African cities should be seen as a youth opportunity, not a youth problem.\n\nWe discuss recent unrest in Kenya and Tanzania, his work showing that clientelism is overwhelmingly a rural phenomenon, and that deliberation and decentralisation are the institutional minimums African cities should be reaching for. Leonard then lays out what deliberation, decentralisation and a renewed urban culture could do for the next generation of African city dwellers.\n\nRead the show notes on our Substack: https://ideasindevelopment.substack.com/\n\nCheck out the Africa Urban Lab: https://www.aul.city/","author_name":"Ideas in Development","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5165629-ideas-in-development","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43629617/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}