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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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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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Cali, Colombia : Toward a City Development Strategy

World Bank - 2013

Although many of the problems that Cali is experiencing - social and human capital deterioration, a declining economy, and institutional crisis - are a reflection of Colombia's complicated socioeconomic situation, the city has been hit harder by the crisis than other large cities, as confirmed...

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Cities on the Move : A World Bank Urban Transport Strategy Review

World Bank - 2013

The report's objectives are i) to better understand the nature and magnitude of urban transport problems, particularly in respect of the poor, and ii) to articulate a strategy by which the World Bank and other agencies can assist national and city governments to address these problems. The first...

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Reducing inequality for shared growth in China : strategy and policy options for Guangdong province

2011

This overview summarizes the key findings of the eight chapters and one policy note. It is organized as follows. The first section provides a background of Guangdong, while the second describes the current situation of inequality in the province. Next is a discussion of the potential impacts of...

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The Urban Development Investment Corporations (UDICs) in Chongqing, China

World Bank - 2012

Urban Development Investment Corporations (UDICs) have over the years become the central pillar in the local government drive to build infrastructure in China, where local governments are not allowed to engage in direct market borrowing. UDICs were established during the early 1990s when local...

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