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Lessons for the Urban Century : Decentralized Infrastructure Finance in the World Bank
Clarke Annez, Patricia; Huet, Gw??naelle; Peterson, … - 2012
, and before the wave of decentralization of the 1980s and 1990s, the World Bank developed an instrument with great …This book takes a look at the past to gain insights for the future. Nearly 30 years ago, when the world urban … entities (municipalities, local utilities, or community groups) on behalf of the World Bank. This arrangement makes it feasible …
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Mauritania : Urban Infrastructure and Pilot Decentralization Project
Mohan, P.C. - 2012
The project, implemented between 1996 and 2001 with World Bank funding of US$24 million had two components: (i) a … construction of urban infrastructure and community facilities; and (ii) capacity building ( pilot decentralization) at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554819
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Capital Projects and Infrastructure in Urban and Economic Development
O'Neill, Phillip M. - 2016
The paper examines the politics of infrastructure in the post-privatisation era. It shows the tensions between the interests of private investors and the expectations of the citizenry for the assembly of a raft of capital assets that collectively underpin the operation of liveable sustainable...
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Delivering urban development : PPPs and other procurement options for urban infrastructure and services
Collier, Paul; Glaeser, Edward L.; Venables, Anthony; … - International Growth Centre <London> - 2023
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Financing climate-resilient infrastructure : a political-economy framework
Meyer, Peter B.; Schwarze, Reimund - 2019
Urban infrastructure investment is needed for both, mitigation of climate risks and improved urban resiliency. Financing them requires the translation of those benefits into measurable returns on investment in the context of emerging risks that capital markets can understand and appreciate. This...
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Infrastructure and Urban Form
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2020
Cities are shaped by transportation infrastructure. Older cities were anchored by waterways. Nineteenth century cities followed the path of streetcars and subways. The 20th century city rebuilt itself around the car. The close connection between transportation and urban form is natural, since...
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The New Era of Global Economic Growth and Urban Infrastructure Investment : Financial Intermediation, Institutions and Markets
Clark, Gordon L. - 2017
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, questions have been raised about the capacity of banks and related savings institutions to play their traditional roles in financing urban and regional development. Drawing on the theory of intermediation, this paper suggests that, over the past...
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Infrastructure Sharing in Cities
Foster, Sheila - 2022
the COVID-19 pandemic. Cities around the world responded to the pandemic by repurposing their streets and sidewalks into …
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Decentralization and infrastructure in developing countries : reconciling principles and practice
Bahl, Roy W.; Bird, Richard - 2013
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