The Documentary: World Mayor

WORLD SERVICE, 7.30PM

Lesley Curwen reports from the first Global Parliament of Mayors, which seeks to give mayors all over the planet a stronger international voice, at The Hague in the Netherlands. Curwen also visits the mayors of Bogota, Los Angeles, Rotterdam and Cape Town to discover why people around the world are increasingly putting their faith in stronger local government, which often proves to be more publicly accountable. And, intriguingly, many of the world’s mayors are women.