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Albania - Urban Growth, Migration and Poverty Reduction : A Poverty Assessment
World Bank - 2012
This sector report claims that in the three years between 2002 and 2005 alone, almost 235,000 people have moved out of poverty in Albania. Strong economic growth and large inflow of remittances are at the center of this impressive achievement. However, low productivity of predominantly small...
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The Rio de Janeiro Low Carbon City Development Program : A Business Model for Green and Climate-Friendly Growth in Cities
World Bank - 2014
The Rio de Janeiro Low Carbon City Development Program is an ISO-certified framework and set of comprehensive requirements to help the city to plan, implement, monitor, and account for low carbon investments and climate change mitigation actions across all sectors in the city over time. The...
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Green Cities : Cities and Climate Change in Brazil
World Bank - 2013
Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in Brazil masks the fact that emissions from other sectors, like Energy, Transport and Waste, are growing quite rapidly in cities....
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Tanzania - Urban Sector Rehabilitation
World Bank - 2012
The Urban Sector Rehabilitation Project (URSP) consisted of a large program of infrastructure rehabilitation works and institutional reform activities covering 8 project towns - Arusha, Iringa, Morogoro, Mbeya, Moshi, Mwanza, Tabora and Tanga. Additional investments in Dodoma and Dar-essalaam...
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Urban Mobility in African Cities : Developing National Urban Mobility Policy and Delivering at the City Level - Summary Report
World Bank - 2022
African cities are growing at an extraordinary rate. Unfortunately, many cities are growing so fast that national, provincial, and city governments cannot manage how they develop or assure the provision of the services people need. This has many negative consequences for national and city...
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Paving the Way for Prosperous Cities and Territories : Urbanization and Territorial Review of the Dominican Republic
World Bank - 2022
challenges; and is pushing to advance an ambitious territorial development reform. This DR's Urbanization and territorial …
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Harnessing Urbanization to End Poverty and Boost Prosperity in Africa
World Bank - 2014
Urbanization is the single most important transformation that the African continent will undergo this century. More … than half of Africa's population will live in its cities by 2040. In the face of rapid urbanization, there is a narrow … through the urbanization process and in some countries, a large number of people reside in rural areas. Rapid urbanization, if …
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Transport on a Human Scale
World Bank - 2012
. However, the mobility conditions in the cities have deteriorated because of the increasing motorization and urbanization. The …
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Urban Air Quality in Cotonou
World Bank - 2012
This note shows the results of the "Clean Air Initiative in Sub-Saharan African Cities," a study to evaluate air pollution launched and coordinated by the World Bank. The following items are addressed: (i) estimation of the present global level of air pollution in Cotonou; (ii) determination of...
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Vietnam Urbanization Review : Technical Assistance Report
World Bank - 2012
As Vietnam enters a crucial period of urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic development, the … Urbanization Review is dedicated to understanding the key dimensions and aspects of Vietnam's urbanization process and to … realize its objective. The Vietnam Urbanization Review was prepared following extensive consultations with various …
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