the holding of free democratic elections planned for within the constitutional deadline is the country s main political challenge to consolidate the achievements of the democratic process that began in urban areas dominate the national economy and offer better living conditions than rural areas however there are risks associated with current urbanisation trends in the drc an increase in unplanned and informal neighbourhoods poor quality of urban transport and congestion in cities and limited access to social infrastructure the country does not have a national urbanisation strategy although it does have some measures and ongoing national initiatives which could directly or indirectly contribute to urban development especially the landuse planning reform construction projects for special economic zones and agroindustrial parks it was driven by agriculture investment services and an improved business climate