Inner city Johannesburg DrillDown analysis

Project duration: 
January, 2009 - ongoing
Project status: 
Current
Client: 
CoJ

GCRO is working with of the City of Johannesburg, which is in partnership with a Washington firm, Social Compact, to conduct a 'DrillDown' analysis of the Johannesburg inner city. Social Compact’s DrillDown method, pioneered in US cities, uses innovative techniques to determine population and spending power in order to unlock investment interest in under-developed urban areas. The method is being piloted simultaneously in Johannesburg and Bogotá with World Bank support