MONROVIA, May 5 (LINA) -The National Housing Authority (NHA), in collaboration with the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC), has partnered with Cities Alliance of Brazil to upgrade slum communities in and around Monrovia.

 
Cities Alliance of Brazil is a global partnership that focuses on improving the role of cities in sustainable development and poverty reduction.
 
Disclosing this in an interview with the Liberia News Agency Tuesday, NHA Director of Public Relations T. Maxwell Davis said the partnership seeks to improve the quality and coherence of support provided to cities in the developing world as well as enhance the quality of urban programs of members.
 
He said Cities Alliance, through its membership, has over the past 16 years invested in developing cities in Africa, including Monrovia, covering a wide range of urban issues.
 
Davis noted that in early June, 2015, a delegation from Cities Alliance of Brazil is expected in Monrovia to meet with authorities of the NHA and the MCC to conclude formalities that were initiated last April.
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