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 1, 2012
This study aims to offer evidence that
urban sanitation in large West African cities faces specific
issues linked to urban setting, housing development and
urban environment,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 66827Date: February 1, 2012
In many Russian cities, these growing
demands for mobility are not adequately met by the existing
urban transport infrastructure and services. Most
municipalities have...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 73228Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Oh, Jung Eun; Gwilliam, Kenneth; Podolske,
Richard; Agarwal, Om Prakash
This study responds to the need for
information and analysis on the urban sector in Sudan, to
inform the Bank's policy dialogue with the Government
of Sudan (GoS) on...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 63785Date: November 1, 2011
As Vietnam enters a crucial period of
urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic
development, the Government of Vietnam has placed strong
emphasis on...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 66916Date: November 1, 2011
This study responds to the need for
information and analysis on the urban sector in South Sudan,
to inform the Bank's policy dialogue with the
Government of the Republic...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 63786Date: November 1, 2011
Minimum Service Standards (MSS) in
Indonesia is a measurement for evaluation of the local
government performance in the implementation of obligatory
functions related...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 68433Date: November 1, 2011
This report is primarily intended as the
Completion Note of the Mumbai Urban Business Plan, Phase II
(TA-P107693). The study gives a concise description of the
first...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69942Date: October 1, 2011
This report responds to a request by the
Government of Malaysia to examine how Malaysia can move up
the value chain in the solar and medical device industries.
Through...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69492Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Bradford, Travis
Housing development has direct and
indirect impacts on the environment. Through its design,
construction, and operation, housing represents a
significant point of direct...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70187Date: May 1, 2011
Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national
level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from
deforestation...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70186Date: May 1, 2011
This study evaluates the goals and
effects of the Cities Alliance and its relation to
poverty-reduction. The strategic goal of poverty reduction
remains primary, although...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69602Date: March 1, 2011
Urban Development Investment
Corporations (UDICs) have over the years become the central
pillar in the local government drive to build infrastructure
in China, where...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 56175Date: January 1, 2010
Municipalities in Mozambique were
established by law in 1997 and elected in 1998 for the first
time, only a few years after the peace agreement. Most
inherited archaic...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 47876Date: May 1, 2009
Municipalities in Mozambique were
established by law in 1997 and elected in 1998 for the first
time, only a few years after the peace agreement. Most
inherited archaic...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 47876Date: May 1, 2009
Ethiopia's second poverty reduction
strategy, the Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development
to End Poverty (PASDEP) outlines a strategy of complementing
a continued...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 47648Date: March 1, 2009
The Gambian authorities completed the
2007 poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) annual progress
report (APR) in October 2008. This is the first APR for the
country's...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 47284Date: January 15, 2009
The purpose of this guidance note is to
bridge precisely identify how to implement World Bank
resettlement policies in the context of infrastructure
projects affecting...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 49000Date: January 1, 2009
After many decades of stagnation, Kenyan
economy started to grow from the early-2000s. Much of this
growth has been attributed to total factor productivity
improvements...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 46988Date: December 1, 2008
Raising capital to finance urban
infrastructure is a challenge. One solution is to
'unlock' urban land values - such as by selling
public lands to capture the gains...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 46264Date: August 1, 2008Author:
Peterson,George E.
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