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Central America Urbanization Review : Making Cities Work for Central America
World Bank Group - 2016
Central America is undergoing an important transition, with urban populations increasingat accelerated speeds, bringing pressing challenges as well as opportunities to boost sustained,inclusive and resilient growth. Today, 59 percent of Central America's population lives in urban areas, but it...
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Bhutan Urban Policy Notes : Urban Resilience
World Bank Group - 2019
This paper is part of a series of four Urban Policy Notes that identify emergent challenges to Bhutan's increasing urbanization and its ramifications for growth, livability, and sustainability in line with the directives of the Twelfth Five-Year Plan (FYP) for 2018-23 and the Vision 2020. The...
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Bhutan Urban Policy Notes : Municipal Governance and Finance
World Bank Group - 2019
This paper is part of a series of four Urban Policy Notes that provide a critical review on emergent challenges to Bhutan's increasing urbanization and its ramifications for growth, livability and sustainability in line with the directives of the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) and the Vision 2020....
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Bhutan Urban Policy Notes
World Bank Group - 2019
Despite its small absolute size and population, Bhutan is the most rapidly urbanizing country in South Asia. This urbanization has coincided with strong economic growth as the country shifts toward an economy based on contributions from manufacturing and services clustered in and around cities....
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Integrating Resilience into Municipal Infrastructure Delivery in Kenya : Guidance Note for Municipal and County Engineer and Planners - Urban Resilient Infrastructure Guideline
World Bank Group - 2023
This Resilient Urban Infrastructure Guidelines forms one of a suite of reports developed by AECOM for the World Bank Group under the 'Enhancement of Resilient Urban Planning and Infrastructure Investments in Urban Areas in Kenya' assignment and constitutes Deliverable 2. This guidance note...
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The Role of Local Governments in Promoting Local Economic Development in Uganda
World Bank Group - 2016
While Uganda has a long history of decentralized service delivery, and has instituted Local Economic Development (LED) as an additional mandate for local governments (LGs), there has been less progress in operationalizing the concept and practically implementing it across LGs in Uganda. In...
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Slovakia - Understanding the Productivity of Slovakia's Local Governments : Key findings from an empirical study
World Bank Group - 2024
provide detailed insights into case management and business licensing processes. Employment data, sourced from the government … captures their management practices and attitudes. By incorporating these varied data sources, the report offers a … comprehensive understanding of productivity factors and management dynamics within district offices, enabling a complex and informed …
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Debt Management Performance Assessment (DeMPA) Subnational Government : La Paz Municipality (Bolivia)
World Bank Group - 2022
DeMPA) is a methodology for assessing public debt management performance through a comprehensive set of indicators spanning … the full range of government debt management functions. This report is divided in 4 sections. Section 2 briefly describes …
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Agreement for Advisory Services on Assistance to the Romanian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration on Harmonizing State- and EU-Funded Projects in Regions
World Bank Group - 2015
The 2014-2015 Romania Regional Development 2 Program is the continuation of the World Bank's technical assistance to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA). Building on the previous engagement, the current work addresses a fundamental question: given Romania's...
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Bangladesh : Improving the Administration of Civil Service Pensions
World Bank Group - 2018
As part of a deepening engagement with the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) on the broader pensions agenda, this note analyzes and makes recommendations concerning the administration of civil service pensions. The national social security strategy (NSSS), was launched in 2015 and presented a...
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