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The author<br />

Fanny Hervé, an eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g student at the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées,<br />

conducted a research <strong>in</strong>ternship at AFD on urban development <strong>in</strong> <strong>South</strong> Africa<br />

which led to the present book. After a six-month <strong>in</strong>ternship <strong>in</strong> Cambodia <strong>in</strong> the<br />

framework of cooperation between Paris and Phnom Penh, she will f<strong>in</strong>ish her<br />

studies with the specialized master’s degree <strong>in</strong> development and urban contract<strong>in</strong>g<br />

authority delivered by the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

I would first like to thank Louis-Jacques Vaillant and Thierry Gonzalez for<br />

giv<strong>in</strong>g me the opportunity to work on this fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g subject and discover <strong>South</strong><br />

Africa. I am especially grateful to Thierry Gonzalez for our talks and discussions<br />

and for hav<strong>in</strong>g shared his <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> urban development with me. I would also like<br />

to thank the entire Local Authorities and Urban Development team (LAUD) for its<br />

welcome and assistance throughout my <strong>in</strong>ternship with AFD. I also extend my<br />

thanks to the agencies <strong>in</strong> Reunion Island and Johannesburg that organized my<br />

visits and allowed me to conduct all of the <strong>in</strong>terviews <strong>in</strong> excellent conditions.<br />

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I also extend special thanks to Sylvy Jagl<strong>in</strong>, for her wise recommendations, and<br />

the researchers she enabled me to meet. I would like to thank all the people I met,<br />

<strong>in</strong> France, Reunion Island and <strong>South</strong> Africa, for their time and patience <strong>in</strong> answer<strong>in</strong>g<br />

my questions. F<strong>in</strong>ally, I am especially grateful to Claire Bénit-Gbaffou, Margot<br />

Rub<strong>in</strong> and Michel Wat<strong>in</strong> for their availability, advice and <strong>in</strong>-depth knowledge of the<br />

subject.<br />

© AFD 2009 <strong>Integrat<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Poor</strong> <strong>Populations</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>South</strong> <strong>African</strong> <strong>Cities</strong>

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