Cities in the developing world are rapidly expanding, boosting countries' economies, reducing poverty, and fueling … range of shocks and stresses that cities may encounter. The flagship report -- co-authored by the World Bank Group and the … poverty and promoting shared prosperity. And while, over the last five years, the World Bank Group has financed more than USD …

With African cities urbanizing rapidly, there is a growing appreciation that it is time to take a fresh look at the … they were adopted, and identifying how building technologies, land and housing markets have changed over time in support of …

economy in the context of its stated goal for 2050. Third, in a world that will demand increasingly less of Colombia's primary … transition, and protect its economy against longer-term risks from climate change and from the world's transition toward net zero …

energy whilst expanding the population's access to electricity should be a priority for Benin. A higher share of renewable …

The world faces a triple crisis of three interconnected issues-development, climate, and nature- and current levels of … World Bank launched the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in 2022. This core diagnostic tool aims to help … global climate change challenge. The first set of CCDRs covered only 10 percent of the world's tropical forests, but the …

among the most affected by climate change but least prepared to address it. This report introduces key findings of the World …