This book is about overview of all
water, sanitation and drainage infrastructure in the city,
including capacity levels, design specifics, number and
location of key...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 170812Date: April 20, 2022Author:
World Bank
This report aims to extract lessons on
slum upgrading and involuntary resettlement policies and
practices learned from the process of addressing the Badia
East case,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: ACS13975Date: June 23, 2015Author:
Choi,Narae
This report argues that urbanization
brings significant opportunities for both rural and urban
areas and that Burundi needs to prioritize issues of
economic growth and...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: ACS14147Date: June 19, 2015Author:
Parby,Jonas Ingemann ;
Mukim,Megha
Well-managed urbanization can accelerate
Cote d’Ivoire’s ascendance to middle incomes. Such a large
gap in gross national income (GNI) per capita means that the
underlining...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: AUS10013Date: June 12, 2015Author:
Kok Shun,Sung Heng C.
After a strong finish in 2014, growth
moderated in early 2015. Growth is projected to slow to 4.7
percent in 2015 before normalizing to 5.0 percent in 2016.
Despite...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: AUS10762Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Gil Sander,Frederico
From 2012 to 2014 water and sanitation
service delivery assessments (SDA) have been carried out in
seven selected countries in the East Asia and Pacific region
under...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: ACS12131Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Smets,Susanna
Rapid urbanization in Ghana over the
past three decades has coincided with rapid GDP growth. This
has helped to create jobs, increase human capital, decrease
poverty,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 96449Date: April 1, 2015
This report argues that Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) countries face a critical choice in
their quest for higher private sector growth and more jobs:
promote competition,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 88879Date: June 1, 2014Author:
Diwan,Ishac ;
Doemeland,Doerte ;
Hussain,Sahar Sajjad ;
Al Kadi,Dalia ;
Keefer,Philip E. ;
Rijkers,Bob ;
Sahnoun,Hania ;
Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias ;
Sy,Abdoulaye
In Lao People's Democratic Republic
(PDR), the value of trade has risen rapidly over the last
decade with both imports and exports increasing by average
annual rate...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 72061Date: April 1, 2014Author:
Record, Richard ;
Nghardsaysone, Konesawang ;
Sitrbat, Liviu ;
Kunaka, Charles ;
Saslavsky, Daniel ;
Arnold, John ;
Ksoll, Christian
India is home to more than 370 million
people in urban areas. No city in the country meets the
government's targets for continuous pressurized safe
water with full coverage...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: ACS8767Date: January 1, 2014
Across the world, the housing sector
plays a key role in local and national economies, and
expanding access to housing can encourage more equitably
shared economic growth....
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 92994Date: January 1, 2014Author:
Brhane,Meskerem ;
Mason,David ;
Monkkonen,Paavo ;
Payne,Geoffrey K.
This study is one of three country
studies conducted in the emerging countries of Vietnam, the
Philippines, and Indonesia as part of the East Asia and the
Pacific region...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: ACS7712Date: December 1, 2013
This study is one of three country
studies conducted in the emerging countries of Vietnam, the
Philippines, and Indonesia as part of the East Asia and the
Pacific region...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: ACS7712Date: December 1, 2013
The Government of the Republic of Uganda
has requested an update of the 2006 Diagnostic Trade
Integration Study (DTIS) and has asked the World Bank to
take the leading...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 77079Date: April 1, 2013
The report is organized into three
chapters: chapter two looks at the pace and patterns of
India's urbanization, providing a 100-year perspective
on demographic shifts...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 75734Date: February 21, 2013Author:
Vishwanath, Tara ;
Lall, Somik V. ;
Dowall, David ;
Lozano-Gracia, Nancy ;
Sharma, Siddharth ;
Wang, Hyoung Gun
This review analyzes the profile, trends
and challenges of Georgia's changing urban landscape
since independence in 1991 and provides policy suggestions
to facilitate...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 86240Date: February 3, 2013Author:
Eiweida, Ahmed ;
Wang, Hyoung Gun ;
Dolidze, Mariam ;
Salukvadze, Joseph ;
Modebadze, Grigol ;
Gracia, Nancy Lozano ;
Young, Cheryl
This report analyzes the dynamics of
violent crime in Brazil. What factors are driving the
overall crime decline in Brazil? Why is violent crime
declining in some states...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70764Date: January 1, 2013
Indonesia's Program Nasional
Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (PNPM) is the largest Community
Driven Development (CDD) program in the world covering all
urban wards (PNPM-Urban)...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 79903Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Baker, Judy L. ;
Burger, Nicholas ;
Glick, Peter ;
Perez-Arce, Francisco ;
Rabinovich, Lila ;
Yoong, Joanne ;
Sikoki, Bondan ;
Suriastini, Wayan ;
Alfah, Dani ;
Schuler, Nina ;
Dwiyani, Risye ;
Hermissari, Evi ;
Sari, Kumala ;
Shah, Fatima ;
Soraya, George ;
Trohanis, Zoe ;
Weetjens, Jan
The efficiency and productivity of
Colombia's urban system will be a key determinant in
the ability of the country to transition from a middle
income to a higher-income...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 72462Date: September 11, 2012Author:
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Panman,Alexandra Patricia ;
Samad,Taimur
The purpose of this report is to distill
lessons learnt for improving Water Supply and Sanitation
(WSS) services in India, by reference to the recent WSS
business plans...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70901Date: July 12, 2012
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