Angelica Nunez: Financing, Flexibility, and the Fight for Inclusive Cities

The Century of Cities welcomes Angelica Nunez, Practice Manager of the Global Programs Unit in the Urban, Resilience, and Land Global Department of the World Bank. With decades of experience in affordable housing and urban finance, Angelica shares a hopeful yet grounded vision for the future, where connectivity, better planning, and smarter housing policies can help cities live up to their promise of opportunity for all. From the explosive growth of cities like Mexico City to the rising urbanization of Africa, Angelica discusses how jobs, housing, and the private sector must work together to shape inclusive, livable, and resilient urban futures. Along the way, she reflects on land value capture, urban mobility as a social equalizer, and what it will take to move from fragmented cities to ones where prosperity is widely shared.