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Malawi Urbanization Review : Leveraging Urbanization for National Growth and Development
World Bank - 2016
The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by analyzing the current … and potential contribution of urbanization to long-term national development and the current institutional and financial … urbanizing at a moderate rate and has a good chance of proactively managing the urbanization process. Opportunities may arise …
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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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Promoting Green Urban Development in African Cities : eThekwini, South Africa Urban Environmental Profile
World Bank - 2016
The city of eThekwini or Durban has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of … green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets and ecosystem … context, sets the background, and context of the study of Durban, providing an overview of the impacts of urbanization and …
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Addis Ababa Urban and Metropolitan Transport and Land Use Linkages Strategy Review
World Bank - 2014
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Urban 'Novostroiki' Settlements in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic : Issues and Options
World Bank - 2007
The primary purpose of this study was to profile residents and living conditions in novostroiki, or the rapidly growing areas of new self-built construction ringing Bishkek where more than one fourth of city residents now live, in order to identify the major problems and areas for potential...
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From Regulators to Enablers : Role of City Governments in Economic Development of Greater Kampala
World Bank - 2017
opportunities to better manage Greater Kampala's urbanization. Section 3 addresses the business constraints which Kampala's formal …
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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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Industrial Change in the Bangkok Urban Region
Thailand Office of the National Economic and Social … - 2010
The 2009 World Development Report (WDR) on economic geography aroused interest among policymakers in Thailand and led to an agreement between the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) and the East Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit of the World...
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Elaboration of Integration Strategies for Urban Marginalized Communities : The Atlas of Urban Marginalized Communities in Romania
World Bank - 2014
atlas presents a series of maps at the city and town, county and regional level that present the spatial distribution of …
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Addressing Climate Challenges in ECA Cities
World Bank - 2012
Much of the world's built environment is found in urban areas, and cities are thought to be responsible for up to 70 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and up to 80 percent of primary energy demand. Most of the energy consumed in the world fuels urban industry, powers urban homes...
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