This new 10-minute film features some of the world’s leading experts in urban development along with city leaders from around the world. It was produced by award-winning filmmaker Babar Ahmed, and focuses on solutions to the challenges that cities face today.

The film includes highlights from the recent “Innovative Cities Global Dialogue,” which brought together mayors and managers from cities including Ahmedabad, India; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Seattle, Washington.

The dialogue is part of a series that provides a forum for sharing innovations and lessons in urban governance. The series is a collaborative effort of the World Bank Institute and the World Bank’s Urban Development and Local Government unit.

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Portland’s Economic Development Strategy:
A Five-Year Plan for Promoting Job Creation and Economic Growth

In the midst of a period of extraordinary change, Portland needs a strategy to guide the city’s economic growth over the next five years. Under Mayor Sam Adams leadership, the Portland Development Commission has drafted a five-year plan to direct the investment necessary for Portland to compete in a transformed global economy.

Portland seeks to build the most sustainable economy in the U.S. and, in the process, create 10,000 new jobs. The city already possesses unique competitive advantages that make it a front runner to be the center of the U.S. green economy: an existing concentration of firms in wind, solar and green development clusters; years of recognized leadership in all facets of sustainable living â?? green building, transit, land use recycling, and bicycle use; and supportive state and local policy.

To build a sustainable economy, Portland must assert leadership in three overlapping areas: sustainable job growth, a sustainable way of life and inclusive prosperity. The interplay of these three elements creates a resilient economy where business activity reinforces our shared values, our way of life contributes to a thriving local economy and all Portland residents share in the benefits of this growth.

We hope you enjoy this short video that explains a few of the challenges Portland’s top business leaders face and how this new Economic Development Strategy will meet those challenges. For more information about the Economic Development Strategy, please visit http://www.pdxeconomicdevelopment.com

For more information about the Portland Development Commission, please visit http://www.pdc.us

This video was produced by John Cárdenas and Anne Mangan.

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