At the request of the Government of
Egypt (GOE), the objective of this brief note is to provide
concise recommendations on next steps for the National
Housing Program...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 45113Date: June 30, 2008
This document builds upon several recent
studies and reports carried out in the 2006-2007 period. The
first note, entitled analysis of housing supply mechanisms
(World...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 45114Date: June 30, 2008
In the early 1990s there was a proposal
to provide World Bank finance to help renew the fleet of big
buses run by Societe des Transports en Commun (SOTRAC), the
national...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69712Date: June 1, 2008
This study explores urban spatial growth
patterns in three middle-sized Metropolitan Regions (MRs) in
three world regions: Quito, Ecuador in Latin America;
Xi'an, China...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 44973Date: June 1, 2008
Chile's Regions have become an
important subject of policy in recent years. The government
has been seeking to give Regional Governments a greater
voice and a larger...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69701Date: December 21, 2007
The purpose of this study was to augment
the Bank's research on land markets and investigate key
land market issues in four case study cities in South and
East Asia....
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70429Date: December 1, 2007
The exercise was to conduct a
preliminary assessment of the damage caused by the cyclone
and floods, in close coordination with the government,
development partners,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70329Date: October 29, 2007
This study on Bangladesh Dhaka-improving
living conditions for the urban poor reflects a
comprehensive look at poverty in Dhaka with an aim to
provide the basis for...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 35824Date: April 16, 2007
In August 2004, in response to a request
from the Government of Vietnam (GOV), the WB/ IDA launched
preparatory activities for the Priority Infrastructure
Investment...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69788Date: February 1, 2007
This book, Financing cities, emphasized
case studies on different topics to look at the interactions
of a range of variables and factors and to see how they fit
together....
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 40480Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Peterson, George E. ;
Clarke Annez, Patricia
Brazil has experienced a rapid expansion
of population, especially in urban areas, and rapid economic
growth. Given the spatial impact of the structural reforms
of the...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 35749Date: November 10, 2006
Brazil has experienced a rapid expansion
of population, especially in urban areas, and rapid economic
growth. Given the spatial impact of the structural reforms
of the...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 35749Date: November 10, 2006
The objective of the urban transport
strategy note (UTSN) is to provide an assessment of the
urban transport system in Greater Cairo (GC), identify what
now appear to...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 71432Date: November 10, 2006
Danang City is the capital and economic
hub of the central region of Vietnam. As in all of the major
urban centers of the country, Danang is currently
experiencing rapid...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69789Date: November 1, 2006
This paper challenges several common
myths that cloud discourse about urban development in
Africa. It finds that urbanization in the region is not
excessive or imbalanced...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 35564Date: August 30, 2006Author:
Kessides,C. Fallert
This note provides an overview of the
current property taxation system in the Punjab Province
based on the premise that the property tax: 1) is
essentially a fiscal...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69597Date: June 15, 2006
The Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
of the national slum upgrading program "Villes sans
bidonvilles" has been conceived as a contribution
towards greater receptiveness,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 36545Date: June 1, 2006
Based on a number of background studies
on the urban transport problems facing China's large
cities, this report summarizes the diagnostic analyses of
these problems...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 37181Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Liu,Zhi ;
Smith,Graham Martin
The report makes an in depth analysis of
what to expect of future urban population growth in cities
across India. Cities play a critical role in India's
development....
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 32253Date: December 1, 2004Author:
Weist,Dana ;
Bahl,Roy W. ;
Lall,Somik V. ;
Sondergaard,Lars M. ;
Mukundan, K. ;
Karnik, Ajit ;
Pethe,Abhay Moreshwar ;
Wong,Christine P. ;
Bhaopichitr,Kirida
Property taxation has a long been a
vexing issue in India, and continue to be. India faces a
major structural problem with its property tax systems,
resulting from...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 32254Date: December 1, 2004
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