The Urban Stack
Abhas K. JhaThe Urban Stack is a newsletter about how cities in emerging markets can use AI, data, and smart systems to solve real operational problems—from finance to floods—in ways that actually work on the ground.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issues | 200 | Subscribers | Read | abhaskjha.substack.com |
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How cities solve hard operational problems—property tax collection, flood management, waste systems. What works, what doesn’t, and why. By Abhas Jha, World Bank and ex-Ministry of Finance, India. Views are mine, informed by work across 40+ countries
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